Important British and World Coinsxx

Prince Henry (1139-1152), Sterling, Period A, Corbridge, Erebald, crowned bust right of crude style, partial inner circle, [HE]NRIC ERL, rev. cross moline, EBEDALD ON [CORE]B:, 1.40g/9h (Boon, SNC 1983, p.226, same obv. die; Mack 284; N 912; S 5011 and 1309). Part of legends flat, otherwise good fine, extremely rare £3,000-3,500

George Boon mentions the extraordinary use of the vernacular title Erl, corrected from the previous interpretation by Mack who read the letters as F RE (Filius Regis]. The present specimen confirms this revised reading. The blundered moneyer’s name (the second letter is unequivocally a B) is not mentioned by Boon in his description of the two known reverse dies, suggesting that this may be a third, previously unpublished reverse