Henry III Silver Penny 8c Canterbury
Henry III Silver Penny
Class 8c
Iohan on Canterbury
1.37g 18.0mm
Spink - 1357C
North - 981/3 Scarce
Mass - 2142 (This coin)
Obverse:
HENRIC[VS] REX. Crowned facing bust with sceptre in right hand, cross pommée X.
Reverse:
IOHAN ON CA. Voided short cross with quatrefoil in each angle. Cross pommée initial mark.
Good fine. Published in SCBI 56 Mass - number 2142.
Ex J. P. Mass Collection, DNW Auction, 16 Mar 2005 - Lot 798 (Part) [Bt Spink 1989]
Ex ‘Naxos’ (Greece) Hoard, c. 1969.
The Naxos Hoard consisted of around 1420 coins, which were said to have been found during the summer of 1969 in a earthenware vase, in a cave on the rocky eastern promontory of the Greek island of Naxos. It was dispersed in separate lots on the London market throughout the 1970’s and 80's.
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