John (1199-1216), Penny, class Va1, London, Ricard, ricard · on · lvn, 1.27g/10h (SCBI Mass –; N 968/4; S 1350A). Some light scratches, otherwise good fine, rare £150-£200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Short Cross Pennies, the Property of a Gentleman.

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Provenance: M. Sherman Collection, DNW Auction 68, 12 December 2005, lot 254 (part); J. Sazama Collection, Part XIII, DNW Auction 124, 16 September 2014, lot 2295

The vendor notes that this reverse die is found muled with a class IVc obverse (Mass 1173); that die, in turn, is also used with IVc reverses by the moneyers Henri and Willelm