English Coins and Tokens, with a Chapter on Greek and Roman Coins

by Llewellynn Frederick William Jewitt; Barclay V. Head

CRAB.

Only two coins, according to Mr. Evans, are known bearing this name, or rather commencement of a name, the remainder of which is unknown. One of the two known examples bears on the obverse a cross whose limbs are formed of three rows of beads, with central ring, and in the angles between the limbs of the cross the letters C R A B. Reverse, an eagle rising regardant. The other has, obverse, the letters C R A B on a tablet, above which is an annulet, and, below, an S-shaped object; reverse, a tressure of six beaded points, points outwards, with a central ring, and within each of the outer curves three pellets.