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Auction: 24006 - British and World Coins
Lot: 18

Henry III (1216-1272), Great Recoinage, 'Voided Long Cross', Penny, 1250-1251, Class IVb, London, Ricardus Bonaventure, hENRICVS REX III', commencing at 12 o'clock, larger crowned bust facing, fleur-ends to band, further flanked by pellets, a trio of pellets for central fleur, holding trefoil-tipped sceptre, rev. RICARD ON LVND, pellet-barred N in LVND, voided long cross, trefoil of pellets in angles, 1.27g, 1h (North 990; S.1366), struck on an elliptical planchet, otherwise with a distinctive 'hoard' tone, about extremely fine and much as struck, a truly exceptional example of this seldom-encountered type

Provenance

The Isladulcie Collection of Medieval Silver Coins
SJA 6, 8 June 2007, lot 52

Believed to be:

Acquired en bloc from the finders, by A H Baldwin

Brussels Hoard, 1908 - one of only forty-three Class 4 Pennies documented from the trove

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Estimate
£500 to £800

Starting price
£280