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Auction: 15006 - Ancient, Islamic, British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 309

Germany, Corvey Abbey, Herman of Holte (1223-54), Penny, 1.18g, Short cross type, +scs v[itv]s mo p, facing bust of Saint Vitus within inner circle, rev. voided short cross with a small cross pommée in each angle, imitative of the contemporary English coinage (for these dies c.f. Kunker 237, 8 October 2013, lot 2033; Ilisch p.8 var; Weingartner 23 var), a field find with some flan stress towards top of St.Vitus' head at at 3 o'clock, corresponding striking weakness below bust, a clearly attributable piece with much bust detail remaining, nearly very fine, extremely rare and a most interesting 'contextual' find

provenance:
Found near Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, 2015
Recorded with the British Museum, ref. TBC

During the later middle ages The Witham valley, an area which stretched between Lincoln and Boston, was developed with the highest concentration of Christian abbeys and monastic foundations in England. It is, therefore, perhaps not too surprising that evidence of trade with and/or pilgrimage to the large continenal monastic houses would appear in this area.

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