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Auction: 24005 - The Official Coinex Auction of Ancient, British and World Coins
Lot: 267

Plantagenets (2), 'John Lacklands' (1199-1216), A Contemporary Forgery of a Shortcross Penny, Class 5, in the style of London, Abel, [h]ENRICVSR-EC, crowned bust facing, elliptical eye slits, rev. + ABE[L] ON [LV]ND, voided short cross, cross pommee in angles, 1.453, [22.40grns], 5h, some peripheral striking softness, otherwise toned, of excellent fabric for a Medieval forgery, a pleasingly good very fine, presumably very rare; also, Henry III (1216-1272), Shortcross Penny, Class 7c, London, Ilger (the King's Goldsmith), c. 1234-36, crude portrait with 'duck pout' lips, rev. + ILGER ON LVN.D, as last, 1.447g [22.36grns], 1h, some crimping, toned, good fine to almost very fine; lastly, Scotland, William the Lion (1165-1214), 'Short Cross and Stars', Phase B, Penny, c. 1205-1230, Roxburgh, Hue Walter, LE R[EI] WILT, crude portrait left, sceptre before, rev. + hVE WALT[ER], voided short cross and mullets, 1.354g [20.92grns], 8h, peripheral striking softness, otherwise toned, good fine (3)

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