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Description: | 1158-1180.Henry II (1154-1189) First Plantagenet King of England, hammered silver cut halfpenny. Length 19.6mm, Width 9.2mm, Thickness 0.6mm, Diameter 19.6mm, Weight 0.5g. Obverse: Crowned bust facing wearing armour and mantle with sceptre in right hand. Inscription: (HE)N(RI)[REX ANG]. Reverse: Large cross potent with small cross potent in each angle; in small cross in saltire. Inscription: Illegible. Cross & crosslets or 'Tealby' coinage. The new cross & crosslets issue is more commonly referred to as the 'Tealby coinage', as over 6000 of these pennies were discovered at Tealby, Lincolnshire in 1807. Very worn condition, some clipping of the edges and a dark grey/silver patina. Ref. Coins of England and the UK, Spink 2009, page 139 and English Hammered Coinage, Vol. 1, J.J. North, Spink 1991 reprint 2006, page 216-218.
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