A Collection of Imitation Long Cross Pennies, The Collection of a Gentleman

Henry III (1216-1272), Long Cross coinage, Penny, contemporary imitation, probably Continental, as class Ib, eol (reversed) ihc onc ant, obv. reads henricvs rex terci’, 1.48g/2h (CT 2.006; North 4, same dies). About very fine, rare £80-£100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Imitation Long Cross Pennies, The Collection of a Gentleman.

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N. Rhodes Collection, Spink Auction 255, 25-6 September 2018, lot 1611 (part) [from Baldwin November 1963]

Stylistically similar to signed coins of Arnsberg and Blomberg.