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Auction: 16020 - The Academic Collection of Lord Stewartby: English Coins part 2, Coins of Henry II to Edward II
Lot: 883

Long Cross, Sterlings (4), Luxemburg, John the Blind (1296-1346), ‘London’, Halfpennies (3), obv. +edwardensis rex, crowned facing bust, rev. civi tas lon don, 0.49g, poor-fair, 0.59g, flat in parts, fine, 0.69g, nearly fine, Penny, 1.35g, +iohannes:dei;gra’, facing bust, rev. boe etp oŁo rex, long cross, three pellets in each angle, fine (the first three, cf. BNJ vol.33 (1964) p.80-1; the last Chautard pl.XV/10 and Mayhew 259), (4)


provenance:
First 3 ex R C Carlyon-Britton
(i), (ii) also ex L A Lawrence, Glendining, 28 November 1951, lot 1400; Bt April 1966
(iv) Bt March 1965

The first three all from obviously debased silver, these possibly part of a parcel of 38 coins found at Hull during construction of the Humber Dock, Hull in 1807.

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