Henry I, Penny, Pellets in Quatrefoil type, Dorchester, Osbern, OSBER[N: ON]: DOREC[E:], 1.28 gms (FEJ 1656, this coin; N. 870; S. 1275). Flat below bust, with surface crack (and corresponding on reverse), otherwise about very fine with a clear bust, very rare

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of British Hammered Coins formed by William H. Pheatt of Arizona, USA.

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Ex Lockett (3913, part), SCMB Oct. 1960 (7286), Elmore Jones (1656), Glendining 4 Nov. 1987 (188) and SCMB June 1988 (G267); the last reference gives the reading as OSBER…DORE[CST] in error