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Auction: 16020 - The Academic Collection of Lord Stewartby: English Coins part 2, Coins of Henry II to Edward II
Lot: 469

Henry II (1154-1189), ‘Short Cross’ coinage, 1180-89, Pennies (3), Worcester, class 1bí1 (2), Oslac, 1.34g, 1.21g, rev. +oslac•on•wiric, the first a stress crack to the reverse, otherwise good fine, the second double struck, the coin rotated nearly 180ío between strikes with consequential garbled readings, dark tone, good fine (N.963; S.1344; Stewartby Ib1), class 1c, 1.24g, Osber, rev. [ ]osb[ ]n•wir, rough surfaces, almost fine (N.964; S.1345; SCBI 56/650 this coin; Stewartby Ic), Worcester is a rare mint in 1c. (3)

provenance:
(i) Bt September 1956
(ii) Bt Spink, September 1952
(iii) acquired 1990; J P Mass (I), DNW 61, 17 April 2004, lot 130

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