Henry III Silver Penny - Continental Imitation
Class 5c2
Nicole on London
1.42g 18.1mm
Spink - 1369 (Ref)
North - 993 (Ref)
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.
Data sheet
Specific References
Henry III Silver Penny - Continental Imitation
Class 5c2
Nicole on London
1.42g 18.1mm
Spink - 1369 (Ref)
North - 993 (Ref)
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