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LOT 3850
England. Plantagenet, Henry III AR Silver Penny. Struck circa 1242. Canterbury mint; Osmund, moneyer. Short Cross type.
ҺЄNRICVS R-ЄX, facing crowned head holding cross-tipped sceptre to left / ✠ OSMVND ON CANT, short voided cross, quatrefoils in each angle. SCBC 1356. Near Very Fine.(1.43gr, 17mm, 11h.).
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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