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Description: | A silver penny of Henry II dating to the period AD 1180-85 (Class 1a*). HENRICVS REX obverse depicting a crowned head facing. The crown comprises five pellets across with a cross of three pellets above. There are mullet eyes with heavy brows and three curls to the left and two curls to the right of the head. The crescent collar is skewed to the right. OSBER (or possibly Osbern) ON WINC reverse depicting a voided short cross with four pellets in each corner. North 962/2 (North, JJ, 1980, English Hammered Coinage Volume I, Spink & Son, London).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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