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impressed with peculiar marks to denote by what prelates they 

 were struck/ 



The earliest well authenticated coin, struck at the archiepis- 

 copal mint of York subsequently to the Norman conquest, which 

 is now known, is a farthing of King Henry VI. thus described 

 by Ruding^ : — 



Obv. H D o AN z FRA . . IE REX. MM. a cross. C on the 

 right side of the king's neck, I on the left. 



Rev. civiTAS EBORACi. Cross fourchy and pellets. 



The letters C. I. are interpreted by numismatists to be the 

 initials of Cancellarius Johannes Kemp, who was archbishop of 

 York from the year 1425 to the year 1453. 



Another farthing is described, of the same type, with a key 

 under the king's bust, but without initials.'' 



Of the succeeding archbishop, William Boothe, no coins are 

 extant, but from the time of his death, which happened in the 

 early part of the reign of Edward IV., for nearly a century 

 afterwards, we have an uninterrupted series of York archiepis- 

 copal coins. 



Archbishop George Nevile, 5th to 16th Edward IV. 

 Pennies. 



1. Obv. EDWARD Di GRA REX ANGL. On the right of the 



king's bust G, on the left a key. mm. a rose. 

 Eev. CIVITAS EBORACI. Cross and pellets ; a quatrefoil in 

 the centre of the cross. * 



2. Obv. EDWA . . DI GRA GL. On the right of the 



bust, a key ; on the left, a rose. mm. a rose. 

 Rev. Same as No. 1.^ 



1 See Noble's Dissertations upon the mint and coins of the Epicopal-Palatines of 

 Durham, p. 16. The author of this work has elsewhere stated his opinion that 

 certain marks upon some of the York coins of Edward I. and some subsequent kings, 

 were prelatical cognizances, but the validity of this conclusion is questioned by 

 other authorities. See a communication from Sir Henry Ellis ; Numism. Joumal- 

 Vol. II. p. 231. 



2 Annals, Vol. II. p. 371. Supp. pi. 3, No. 10. » Ibid, No. 11. 



* Ruding, Supp. pi. 3, No. 21. Three other specimens of the same type are 

 described, one having mm. a cross patee fitchee (Ibid, No. 22) , another, a cinquefoil, 

 and the tldrd a lis. The two latter are in the British Mxiseum. Hawkina, p. 116. 



* Ruding, Supp. pi. 3, No. 24. 



