Continental Imitation of a Henry III Silver Penny

Reference:D1812
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Henry III Silver Penny - Continental Imitation

Class 5c2

Nicole on London

1.42g 18.1mm

Spink - 1369 (Ref)

North - 993 (Ref)

£130.00
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Obverse:

HENRICVS REX III. Crowned facing bust, sceptre in right hand. 

 

Reverse:

IIIC OLC OIL VND. Voided long cross with three pellets in each angle.

 

Very fine and of good style. See C&T 5.188a in the Brussels Hoard for the same reading. Same die pair as North 106, this obverse die is also found with a reverse die reading WIL/L M/ONL/VID (C&T 5.038, North 107).

 

Ex M. Winiger Collection

 

See:

J.J. North (1995) ‘Some imitations and forgeries of the English and Irish Long Cross pence of Henry III’ British Numismatic Journal, Vol. 65, pg 91 & plate 8.

D1812

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Metal
Silver

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