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Penny - Civil War Ornamented group, Eustace Fitzjohn
| Issuer | Kingdom of England |
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| Year | 1140-1149 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Eustace Fitzjohn was one of the more consequential defectors of the Anarchy — a trusted royal official under Henry I who switched allegiance to Empress Matilda around 1138, triggering the confiscation of his English estates by King Stephen. His coinage falls squarely within the period when baronial and regional minting ran almost entirely outside royal control, with local lords and ecclesiastical figures striking coins to their own designs and weight standards across a fractured England.
North 929a distinguishes this as the ornamented cross variety, a die characteristic used to differentiate the handful of known specimens attributed to Fitzjohn's issuing authority in the north.