MEDIEVAL SILVER PENNY OF EDWARD I Ca. AD 1279. A hammered silver penny of Edward I, struck at the London mint, dating to the post-1279 recoinage reform. The obverse bears a forward-facing crowned bust of the king with prominent facial detail and drapery, encircled by the legend ‘EDW R ANGL DNS HYB’ (Edward, King of England, Lord of Ireland). The reverse displays a long cross pattée dividing the inscription ‘CIVITAS LONDON’, with three pellets in each quarter. A fine and representative example of the classical medieval English penny, issued under Edward’s extensive monetary and administrative standardisation. Size: 15mm x 15mm; Weight: 1g Provenance: From the private collection of an Essex gentleman; previously in an old British Collection, formed in the 1990s.