Henry III Silver Penny
Class 2b1
Huge on Winchester
1.43g 17.6mm
Spink – 1361A
North – 985/1
Obverse:
HENRICVS REX TERCI. Crowned facing bust.
Reverse:
HVGE OH WIHCHE. Voided long cross with three pellets in each angle.
Somewhat bright and a small area of weak strike otherwise very fine. Harvey dies Dd (Number 2781 - as class 2a) with only one example traced, which is in the Winchester museum.
See:
M. Biddle, Y. Harvey (2012) 'The Winchester Mint and Coins and Related Finds from the Excavations of 1961-71' Winchester Studies 8, Oxford University Press, pg 539-41 - plate 108.
Data sheet
Specific References
Henry III Silver Penny
Class 2b1
Huge on Winchester
1.43g 17.6mm
Spink – 1361A
North – 985/1
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