Details
LOT 3766
England. Plantagenet, Henry III AR Penny. Struck 1250-1272. Canterbury mint; Ion, moneyer. Long Cross coinage, class 5c1.
ҺЄNRICVS RЄX (NR ligate) III, facing crowned head holding cross-tipped sceptre to left / ION ON CAN-TЄR (AN and ЄR ligate), long voided cross, with central pellet; triple pellets in quarters. North 993; SCBC 1369. Good Fine. Toned.(1.40gr, 18mm, 11h.).
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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