385, Lot: 752. Estimate $150. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PLANTAGENET. Henry II. 1154-1189. AR Penny (19mm, 1.41 g, 6h). Cross and Crosslets (Tealby) type; Class C2. Canterbury mint; Ricard, moneyer. Struck circa 1163-1167. Crowned facing bust holding cross-tipped scepter / + R[ICARD : ON : C]AN :, cross pattée, with crosslets in angles. BMC 111 (but cf. 180 for same obv. die, moneyer Willem); North 956; SCBC 1339. VF, toned, usual areas of flatness. Same obv. die as lot 753.
Ex A. W. Lainchbury Collection.