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learnedly on the long-cross and the short-cross pennies as 
distinguishing their coinage. Probably this is of Henry III. 
The obverse has the head of the King, with the crown and 
sceptre, and the legend Henricus Hex. The reverse has the 
short cross, with four pellets between the arms, and the legend 
Roger of Ron * * *. The last letters have been read as forming 
an abbreviation of the name of the place, which Mr. Ruding 
interprets as Rochester. Probably they are to be read 
separately, R being the initial of the place of Roger’s birth, 
and ON the usual denotation of the place of minting, which 
from fuller specimens appears to have been Canterbury.* 
The other silver coin is a Livre Tournois of Philip IV. of 
France. The obverse has a cross on the centre, and around 
it Philippus Rex. Round the edge Benedictv Sit Nomen 
Dmni Nri Dei Jesu Xri. The reverse exhibits in the centre 
a representation of the church of the Abbey of St. Martin of 
Tours, with its gable and towers. The Priory of the Holy 
Trinity, in Micklegate, was a dependency of this abbey. The 
legend around it is Turonus Civis, citizen of Tours.” On the 
outer margin is a border of lilies. Philip IV. came to the throne 
in 1285, and was, therefore, a contemporary of Edward I. The 
mint of the Abbey of St. Martin of Tours had a high reputation, 
and the device of its church appears not only on coins of other 
towns in France, but also on those of the petty Princes of 
Athens and Thebes.f Philip Augustus, however, when he 
seized on the Province of Touraine, took to himself the 
privilege of coining. The moneyers of Tours had a high 
reputation, and when Henry II. wished to reform the coinage 
of England he brought over Philip Aymary from Tours for this 
purpose. A comparison of this piece with contemporary coins 
of England will show its vast superiority. 
December 6th. —The Rev. J. Kenrick read the following 
paper, communicated by the Rev. D. H. Haigh, on the Dedica¬ 
tion stone of the Church of St. Mary in Castlegate. 
* Journal of tlie Numismatic Society, Vol. v., p. 251, 255. 
t Bartholemy Numismatique du Moyen Age, p. 401. Atlas No. 555. 
