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LOT 3125
England. Plantagenet, Henry II AR Penny. c.1167-c.1170. Thetford mint. Cross-and-crosslets ('Tealby') coinage; class D.
[✠HENRI REX ANGLI], crowned facing bust, holding sceptre. / [✠TURST]AIN : ON [TEF], cross pattée, with crosslet in angles. Cf. SCBC 1340. Good Fine. Old cabinet tone.(1.39gr, 24mm, 0h.).
Provenance
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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