Unique ID: 27
The Clacton Dragon stands at the head of an interesting sequence where the reverse undergoes a radical redesign midway through obverse die one. There are five reverse dies that I know of, but only two of them feature in Divided Kingdoms which is the most up-to-date book featuring these coins. The three unpublished reverse dies are unique. This coin is one of them.
The reverse is completely redesigned midway through obverse die one, to become ABC 2356 “Clacton Cross” (see 20 and 94) but the same obverse remains in use until it wears flat and is then replaced. The Clacton Cross type continues for six obverse dies and fourteen reverse dies.
It’s not known why the reverse switched from a “dragon” to a cross, nor why the Clacton Dragon coins are so rare but the Clacton Cross coins are much more common.
This is one of two in the collection (see 18).