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Auction: 24006 - British and World Coins
Lot: 20

Henry III (1216-1272), Great Recoinage, 'Voided Long Cross', "Pearly Crown" Penny, c. 1257, Class Ve, Canterbury, Walter, hENRICVS REX • III' NR ligate, crowned bust facing, double-banded and jewelled crown flanked by fleurs, rev. WALTER ON CANT, front-backed As, pellet-barred N, voided long cross, trefoil of pellets in angles, 1.42g, 5h (LAL [BNJ 1912], p. 152, Pl. 1 = LAL II, 437 same dies ["Pearly Crown"]; LAL IV [1951], 1051; FEJ I, 1248 same dies; Sazama 1183; CT 546; North 995; S.1371), usual partial striking softness to peripheries, otherwise rich old cabinet tone, a really good fine to verging on very fine in parts, extremely rare

Provenance

The Isladulcie Collection of Medieval Silver Coins

Believed to be:

Acquired en bloc from the finders, by A H Baldwin

Brussels Hoard, 1908

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Estimate
£250 to £350

Starting price
£180