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Auction: 16020 - The Academic Collection of Lord Stewartby: English Coins part 2, Coins of Henry II to Edward II
Lot: 562

John (1199-1216), ‘Short Cross’ Coinage, Pennies (4), London, class 6bí2, 1.22g, Abel, rev. +abel•on•lvnde, edge crack and a flat portrait, otherwise fine, the reverse better, Ilger (2), 1.31g, +ilger•on•lvnde, a good portrait, very fine, 1.54g, obv. reads /rex, flat in parts, otherwise good fine, Ravf, 1.49g, rev. +ravlf•on•lvnde, a small flat spot, otherwise very fine with an attractive dark tone, Cut Halfpenny, Ilger, 0.31g, obv. evs•r, rev. +ilg[ ], about fine (N.975/2; S.1354; Stewartby VIb2), the third rare with REX in full after the sceptre, the last an unusual reading, but clear. (5)

provenance:
(i) Bt Spink, January 1953
(ii) ex Colchester Hoard (1969); Bt A H Baldwin, January 1952
(iii) ex L A Lawrence Collection; Bt A H Baldwin, August 1952
(iv) ex L A Lawrence Collection; bt Seaby, January 1952
(v) ex Dunwich Hoard; L A Lawrence, Glendining, 28 November 1951, lot 1390; Bt November 1973

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