Obverse:

HENRICVS REX. Facing crowned bust holding sceptre. Hair in 2 curls left and 5 right.

Reverse:

RODBERT ON OXE. Voided short cross with quatrefoil in each angle.

Very fine, well centred and richly toned.

Ex J. Sazama Collection, DNW Auction, 5 Dec 2012 - Lot 87

Ex J. P. Mass Collection, DNW Auction, 16 Mar 2005 – Lot 506 (Realised £570 Inc Bp.)

Ex Ashmolean Museum Collection [bt Baldwins 1935]

While institutions rarely relinquish items from their collections, Mass was able to obtain this coin and 16 other examples from the Ashmolean museum via exchange.

Published in:

Mass, J.P (2001) ‘The J. P. Mass Collection of English Short Cross Coins, 1180-1247’, Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles - SCBI 56, Spink, plate 17 – Number 468.

Metcalf, D.M (1969) 'Ashmolean Museum. Part II. English Coins 1066-1279', Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles - SCBI 12, Number 713.