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Mr_Stephen

Unidentified/Unidentifiable(?) Longcross

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...anyone up for a challenge?

Picked this up for a pittance a couple of weeks ago, but regardless of the amount of effort I put in, the only vaguely interesting remaining bit of detail are the two small "x" marks under the King's right shoulder.

My main problem is that I can't decide what these marks might be called, or it might make googling it rather easier! As it is however, I'm stumped. Does it look like a coin in anyone's collection? I'd love to know what it is if there is, indeed, any chance of identifying it!

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those make your life easier

for a start the I at the end puts it at york

one i can find with the 2 * things are Henry VI although it could easily be richard II

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The portrait looks very reminiscent of Richard II's local dies of York.

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Cheers for the suggestions, people! Not sure about the reverse ending in 'l' - could just as easily be a 'D'. Also, the obverse may end in 'GI' or 'Gl' which would suggest pre-treaty Ed3, but I don't think the portrait's right. Hmm...

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looks like an I to me, shame i cant make out the first couple of letters on the obverse that would clinch, but the * locations point me to where we are at.

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First couple of letters are indeed a bit too far gone to read. The end of the obverse does, however, appear to be "Gl" or "GI". An 'Anglia' reference perhaps? I've seen an inscription like this on a pre-treaty Edward...

Also, the letter before the double saltire stop on the obverse does appear to be an 'S' more than a 'D', but I wouldn't like to say for certain!

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