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Auction: 16020 - The Academic Collection of Lord Stewartby: English Coins part 2, Coins of Henry II to Edward II
Lot: 549

John (1199-1216), ‘Short Cross’ coinage, Penny, class 5c, Norwich, 1.04g, Gifrei, rev. +gifrei•on•norv, porous and cracked, good fine or better, Cut Farthings (2), 0.35g, Gifrei rev. [ ]gife[ ], nearly very fine, Norwich?, indistinct legends, fair, Winchester, Pennies (3), Class 5c, 1.35g, Adam, rev. +adam•on•winc, scuffed on the obverse, lacquer deposits on the reverse, fine, 1.28g, Iohan, rev. +iohan•on•winc, porous, good fine, 1.36g, Ravf, rev. [ ]avf•on•winc, almost fine (N.971; S.1352; the first SCBI 56/1721 and Allen dies 17/g8 this coin, the fourth SCBI 56/1728, the fifth SCBI 56/1732 and the sixth SCBI 56/1735 these coins; Stewartby Vc), the first rare (6)

provenance:
(i) J P Mass (II), DNW, 16 March 2005, lot 739 (acquired 1992)
(ii),(iii) ex Dunwich Hoard; L A Lawrence, Glendining, 28 November 1951, lot 1390
(iv)-(vi) All J P Mass (III), DNW, 15 March 2006, lot 1096
(v) also ex L A Lawrence; J D Brand (from Baldwin, July 1962)
(vi) from Spink 1988


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