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Auction: 16020 - The Academic Collection of Lord Stewartby: English Coins part 2, Coins of Henry II to Edward II
Lot: 502

John (1199-1216), ‘Short Cross’ coinage, Penny, 1.19g, class 4c (3), London, Fvlke, bust of coarser work, reversed S in legend, rev. +fvlke•on•lv, short cross voided with quatrefoil in each angle (N.968/3; S.1349), slightly flat at one point of the reverse legend, good fine or better, Henri (2), 1.35g, rev. +henri•on•lvnd, slightly irregular, good fine, 1.39g, +henri•on•lvn, nearly fine (N.968/3; S.1349; the first, BNJ vol.11 pl.III/23 this coin; Stewartby IVc), all very rare (3)

provenance:
(i) ex L A Lawrence; Bt September 1956
(ii) Bt September 1956
(iii) Bt March 1965

The first coin was used by Lawrence to illustrate his article on the Short Cross Coinage in the BNJ (1915)

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£320