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LOT 3439
Group of Twenty [20] English AR Cut Coins. 12th-13th century AD.
Group comprising: mixed cut halfpenny and farthings of short cross and long voided cross reverse types, including those of Henry II, John and Henry III. 'As Found' Condition.(11.27gr total.). [20]
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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