298 



The CricMade Mint. 



side. Rev. A cross with flat ends inside inner circle, and four rings 

 with the letters P. A. X. S. in the four angles. 



Obv. % piLLELM REX Rev. % IELFJ7INE ON CRIC 



3. 



{William Rufus. ?) Plate, Fig. 14. 

 No. 238 in Hawkins' Silver Coins. 

 [Attributed (interrogatively) by Ruding to Crewkerne, through 

 incorrectly reading it CREEX. It appears to be a duplicate of the 

 penny found at Malmesbury, in 1828.] 



Obv. King, full-faced, crown with two arches and three pearls ; 

 a star on each side of his face. ^ J7ILLEM REX Km 



Rev. Cross with ring in the centre, upon a quadrilateral figure 

 with , incurved sides, corners tipped with pellets, and each arm of 

 the cross with fleur-de-lys, the whole within inner circle. ^ LIO- 

 FRED ON CRECX 



4. 



( William Rufus. ?) Plate, Fig. 15. 

 Found at Beaworth, now in the British Museum. 

 Design on both sides as in No. 3. 

 Obv. % piLLEM REX III Rev. ^ piILSTSN ON CRI 



[N.B. — In the reign of William I. and II., perpendicular lines, 

 as in the preceding instance (or even lines like a), ar © used for V 

 and also for A. Thus III stands for A and the first stroke of N. 

 I E is generally used for M. The coins of William described above 

 as found at Beaworth are only a part of those which bore the mark 

 of the Cricklade mint. Fifteen such were found in all, bearing on 

 the reverse the inscription : — IELFpINE ON CRIC, and 

 corresponding to No. 9, 10 in Plate I. in Ruding's Annals of the 

 Coinage. Ruding also speaks of J?YLSTiYN ON CRI occurring 

 on the type of coin No. 6, delineated by him in the same plate, and 

 also found at Beaworth, but of these the writer has discovered no 

 other trace.] 



