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Auction: 24014 - The Alfred Leonard Fuller of Bath Collection of English Silver Coins and Tokens
Lot: 38

John 'Lacklands' (1199-1216), 'Shortcross' Penny, 1207 - c. 1210, Class 5c/5b2, Ipswich, Iohan, hENRICVS R | EX, round-topped R, pellet-barred normal S, wedge-shaped limbs to X, crowned bust facing, pelleted curls 2/2, rev. + IOhAN • ON • GIPE, voided short cross pommée, cross pommées in angles, 1.437g [22.176grns], 7h, i.m. cross pattée (Ruding Pl. II, 13; Hawkins 639; Sadler, dies 20/i16; SCBI Mass 1712 same dies [cf. 1512 ~ 5b2 ~ same reverse die]; North 971; S.1352), lightly cabinet toned, about very fine, very rare and with a supreme pedigree

Provenance

The Alfred Leonard Fuller of Bath Collection (1870-1941)

Acquired from Messrs Spink & Son, 1 September 1899 - £0.4.0

Spink Numismatic Circular, September 1899 (P.3571, no. 56474) - "Henry III, 1216-1272, Penny; short cross and sceptre type. Rev. + IOhAN•ON•GIPE• [sic], very fine" - £0.4.0

Lord Kesteven, Sotheby's, 23-24 June 1899, lot 22 [part] - "....IOhAN. ON. GIPE...fine" - £3.0.0 [Spink]

Hyman Montagu, Second Portion, Sotheby's, 11-16 May 1896, lot 377 [part] - ...."IOhAN ON GIPE. (Ipswich)...all very fine" - £3.5.0 [Pole]


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