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Auction: 23005 - The "Haddenham" Collection of English Coins
Lot: 379

The 'Haddenham' Collection of English Coins | Henry II (1154-1189), (7) 'Short Cross' Type Pennies, Class 1c, including: Lincoln, Lefwine, + HENRICVS REX, bust facing crowned with sceptre, rev. + LEFWINE ON LNCO, short cross voided with quatrefoil in each angle, 1.38g, 10h (North 964; SCBI -; Spink 1345), wear to the higher points, matte surfaces with pale green toning throughout, fine; and London, unknown moneyer, similar obverse, rev. + LVND [...] LVND, short cross voided with quatrefoil in each angle, 1.35g, 9h, double striking on the obverse, reverse better, wear throughout, toned, fine; and London, Davi, similar obverse, rev. + [...]VI ON LVND, short cross voided with quatrefoil in each angle, 1.39g, 6h, off centre striking, small crack in the edge, details largely softened, lightly toned, fine; and London, Raul, similar obverse, rev. + RAVL ON LVNDE, short cross voided with quatrefoil in each angle, 1.14g, 4h, struck on a small flan, wear throughout but details remain visible, toned, good fine; another London, Raul, similar obverse, rev. + RAVL ON LVNDE, short cross voided with quatrefoil in each angle, 1.47g, 3h, slightly off-centre striking wear to the portrait details, toned, fine; another London, Raul, similar obverse, rev. + RAVL ON LVND, short cross voided with quatrefoil in each angle, 1.39g, 6h, lustre with shiny surfaces on higher points, toned, good fine; and, Wilton, Osber, similar obverse, rev. + OSBER ON WILT, short cross voided with quatrefoil in each angle, 1.15g, 10h, rough surfaces, toned, good fine (7)

Provenance

i) T Matthews, by private treaty, 1984 - £68

ii) T Matthews, by private treaty, 1984 - £68

iii) T Matthews, by private treaty, 1984 - £30

~ Bainton Hoard, 1982 [thought to have been deposited between 1200-1205, the hoard comprised of 145 silver pennies]




TAR 1998-9, no. 335; CH 2000, no. 47; Archibald and Cook 2001, no. 10; Allen 2001a, no. 10; C.P. Barclay, 'A Short Cross hoard from Bainton, East Riding of Yorkshire', East Riding Archaeologist 10 (1999), forthcoming.




Ticket notes that it could be a miss engraved die.
iv) T Matthews, by private treaty, 1984 - £30

~ Bainton Hoard, 1982
v) T Matthews, by private treaty, 1990 - £45

vi) T Matthews, by private treaty, 1990 - £45

vii) T Matthews, by private treaty, 2000 - £48


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Sold for
£600

Starting price
£150