Henry II, Richard I, John & Henry III

 

Henry II (AD 1154-89) Read about Henry II.

 

"Tealby"

 

WMH-7773:  Henry II “Tealby” Cross & Crosslets Hammered Silver Medieval Penny.  Class A1, moneyer Rogier of Canterbury.  Spink 1337.  This was the first issue upon Henry’s succession to the English thrown after previously fighting on his mother’s [Empress Matilda’s] side as part of the Angevin Party during the Civil War.  An agreement was made at the end of the war allowing Stephen to keep the thrown until his death, at which point Henry of Anjou would become King Henry II.  Empress Matilda died in 1167 in Rouen, France, so was able to see the fruits of her labours.  A very nice example of this nearly always indifferent at best issue.  £445

 

WMH-7013:  Henry II “Tealby” Hammered Silver Cross & Crosslets Penny.  Class D, 1167-70.  +RI(CA)RD (ON LVN) – London mint.  Spink 1340.  Henry II was the first Plantagenet, being Empress Matilda’s son.  It was the promise of Henry II being allowed to take the throne upon Stephen’s death (Matilda was the rightful monarch by lineage, not Stephen) that led to negotiated peace under the Treaty of Wallingford.  Many old tickets and nearly as many classes suggested as there are tickets – D, E and F!!  The coin has been die linked to BMC 55b and is London mint.  £225

 

WMH-7636:  Henry II Medieval Hammered Silver TEALBY Penny.  Cross and crosslets coinage, class C2.  [+WI]L[L]Am:ON.CA – Carlisle mint.  Spink 1339.  Ex Causeway collection, ex Silbury Coins, ex unknown UK collection (round ticket, reverse: bought October 1987 for £65).  A really nice example of this invariably awful issue.  £495

 

WMH-7641:  Henry II Medieval Hammered Silver “Tealby” Penny.   Cross and crosslets coinage, class C.  +He[RBER]T:O[N].P[I] – Winchester mint.  Spink 1339.  Extra image here as the harsh lighting was not beneficial in the initial image.  A nicer looking coin in the hand.  £325

 

WMH-7848:  Henry II "Tealby" Cross & Crosslets Hammered Silver Penny.  Bust Ci, 1163-7.  +TVR[S]TEIN[:ON:T]E - Thetford mint.  Provenance ex Lord Stewertby, ex Michael Trenerry.  Several of old tickets accompanying this coin.  Darkly toned, unusually round (relatively, at any rate!) for an Eastern mint, unevenly struck but with little wear so not far off as it was when it left the mint.  Spink 1339.  A nice coin from a better mint and with the all important Lord Stewertby provenance.  £355

 

WMH-8066:  Henry II Tealby Medieval Hammered Silver Penny.  Class A, circa 1158-63, no hair & no collar, Spink 1337.  Ricard at the London mint.  BMC 553-4 var.  Unusually round flan for such a southern mint coin, flat on the legends but a lovely portrait (for issue!) and  reverse cross and crosslets.  £475

 

WMH-8079:  Henry II Tealby Hammered Silver Penny.  Cross & Crosslets coinage, class C, circa 1163-67.  Lincoln: +RAVEN[---].  Toned VF, off-struck.  Sold with old tickets.  A much above average coin for issue.  £485

 

WMH-8135:  Henry II Cross & Crosslets TEALBY Medieval Hammered Silver Penny.  Class C2, 1163-67.  Canterbury mint - either [+RAVL]F:ON:C[ANT] or [+WIUL]F:ON:C[ANT].  Spink 1339.  Struck on an irregular (square) flan, which Canterbury is well know for on the Tealby issues.  Good provenance.  £545

Provenance:

Ex Elmore Jones collection (sold Spring 1971)

Ex John Cummings (1985)

Ex Michael Trenerry (2023)

 

 

 

Henry II (AD 1154-89) Read about Henry II.

 

"Voided Short Cross” Issues

 

WMH-7310:  Henry II Voided Short Cross Medieval Hammered Silver Penny.  Class 1c, 1180-89.  +ALAIN.ON.CARD – Carlisle mint.  Spink 1345.  Ex Howard collection.  £355

 

WMH-8072:  Henry II Medieval Voided Short Cross Hammered Silver Penny.  Class 1b1, 1180-89, Spink 1344.  Obverse: +hENRICVS.REX; reverse: +IEFRER ON.OXENE.  The rarer Oxford mint.  The excellent EMC / SCBI database lists but a single Henry II voided short cross penny from Oxford, that being an entirely different moneyer - Sægar, making this mint and moneyer unrecorded on that database.  See old tickets here.  A rare coin.  £385

Provenance:

Ex C.J. Barnard collection (May 2002)

Ex David Kightley collection

Ex Mike Vosper

 

 

Richard I (AD 1189 - 1199) Read about Richard I

 

(I’m sometimes asked if I ever get any Lichfield short cross pennies in stock for sale by the mint collectors.  Most do not appreciate the great rarity of this mint and nearly all would be surprised and shocked to learn that £11,400 is now the going rate – for the only example available outside of institutions, although even that coin is now locked away in a collection!  See here for details.)

 

WMH-7133:  Richard 1st Hammered Silver Medieval Short Cross Penny.  +REINALD.ON.CA – Canterbury mint.  Class 4B, Spink 1348C.  Ex Jim Sazama collection, ex Michael Trenerry.  £135

 

WMH-7225:  Richard 1st Hammered Silver Short Cross Penny.  Class 4a, +STIVENE.ON.]LV]N – London mint.  Spink 1348A.  Comes with a ticket stating “Found Southern UK” so a metal detecting find that has been cleaned.  Anecdotally, Richard 1st is the hardest of the four short cross kings.  £115

 

WMH-7543:  Richard 1st Hammered Silver Short Cross Penny – Rare Mint.  Class 4b, ALEIN.ON DVR – Durham mint.  Spink 1348C.  High grade coin although clearly this one didn’t escape the clipper’s eye back in the day!  Richard 1st Durham pennies are very thin on the ground though.  £185

 

 

 

King John (1199-1216)  Read about King John

 

WMH-6931:  King John Hammered Silver Penny.  Class 5b, +PIERES.ON.DVR.  Spink 1351.  Rarer Durham mint town.  £195

 

WMH-7041:  King John Medieval Hammered Silver Penny.  +RENER ON LVND – London mint.  Class 5b, 1199 – 1216.  Spink 1352.  Sold with a collectors information ticket which states the coin was found Romney Marsh (Kent) in 2019.  A nice example with much detail.  £135

 

WMH-7058:  King John Hammered Silver Voided Short Cross Penny.  Class 5b.  +RICARD of Winchester mint.  Spink 1351.  Uncommon mint.  £145

 

WMH-7106:  King John Medieval Hammered Silver Short Cross Penny.  1199-1216.  Class 5, +GOLDWINE ON CA – Canterbury mint town.  £95

 

WMH-7544:  King John Hammered Silver Short Cross Penny – Very Rare Mint.  Class 4b, SIMON.ON RVLLA – Rhuddlam mint.  Spink p.169.  Initial mark Cross Pommee, group II, similar to the English Class 5, class iii.  Strong portrait, toned, described in the accompanying information slip as Very Fine, which is might well be, just, for issue.  £465

 

WMH-7621:  Welsh Mint Rhuddlan King John Medieval Hammered Silver Voided Short Cross Penny – Rare and Choice.  Group II, class iii, Rhuddlan (Welsh) mint, circa 1205-10 so under King John, even though the coin is, as are all voided short cross pennies, in the name of Henry II - +hENRICVS REX.  The reverse reads +SIMON.ON.RVLA.  Locally produced dies of remarkably good quality, and without the usual retrograde legends.  A high grade example of this rare and nearly always poor issue – see this recent example as a comparison.  Extra image here showing tickets.  Ex Arthur Fitts, ex Gary Singer.  Choice.  £1,095

 

WMH-7747:  King John Medieval Hammered Silver Voided Short Cross Penny.  Class 5c, rarer Northampton mint - +ADAM.ON.NORh.  Spink 1352.  Nice grade with grey tone.  £145

 

 

 

Henry III (1216-72)

 

Short Cross

 

WMH-7059:  Henry III Hammered Silver Voided Short Cross Penny.  Class 7a.  +RAVF of Bury St Edmonds mint.  Spink 1356a.  Uncommon mint.  £49

 

 

 

Voided Long Cross (London & Canterbury mints):

 

WMH-7060:  Henry III Hammered Silver Voided Long Cross Penny.  Class 3c – “Provincial Phase”.  +NICOLE of Canterbury mint.  Spink 1364.  The king has no sceptre.  £49

 

WMH-7158:  Henry III Hammered Silver Voided Long Cross Penny.  Phase II “Provincial” issue, 1248-50: +NICOLE ON LVND – London.  Class IIIc, Spink 1364.  The earlier “non sceptre” pennies are always desirable.  £55

 

 

 

Voided Long Cross Provincial mints:

 

WMH-7320:  Henry III Voided Long Cross Hammered Silver Penny.  Class 3b – earlier Phase II “Provincial” issue, 1248-50: ION ON NORRWIC – Norwich mint.  Spink 1363.  A somewhat unusual reading of this rarer mint town.  Sold with an auction slip and a collector’s cabinet label.  £135

 

WMH-7321:  Henry III Voided Long Cross Hammered Silver Penny.  Class 3b – earlier Phase II “Provincial” issue, 1248-50: ADAM ON OXONFO – Oxford mint.  Spink 1363.  Rarer mint town.  £125

 

WMH-7366:  Henry III Medieval Hammered Silver Voided Long Cross Penny.  Phase II “Provincial” phase of 1248-50 only.  Class IIIb, Bristol mint – IACOB ON BRVST.  Spink 1363.  A very rare Henry III VLC mint and even better - excellent grade.  £230

 

WMH-7386:  Henry III Voided Long Cross Penny.  Phase II “Provincial” coinage, 1348-50: +WILLEM ON WILT – rare Wilton mint town.  Class 3b, Spink 1363.  You will see many hundreds of London, Canterbury mint etc coins before you’ll see a Wilton mint.  Rare coin.  £165

 

WMH-7628:  Henry III Medieval Hammered Silver Voided Long Cross Provincial Penny.  Class 3ab, c.1248-50, rarer Newcastle mint – moneyer Henri.  Spink 1362b.  £125

 

WMH-7630:  Henry III Medieval Hammered Silver Voided Long Cross Provincial Penny.  Class 3b, c.1248-50, rarer Oxford mint – moneyer Willem.  Spink 1363.  £165

 

WMH-7632:  Henry III Medieval Hammered Silver Voided Long Cross Provincial Penny.  Class 3, c.1248-50, rare Continental Imitation.  Obverse: *hENRICVS REX obverse with a couple of suspect letters and a missing ligation connective.  The style of the portrait is most impressive.  The reverse is most interesting in that on the whole, it is a retrograde reading of RICARD ON LVN.  However, some legend is not retrograde, ligation connectives are missing, some letters are reversed and we even see inverted lettering.  Sold with a very old ticket.  Worthy of research.  Rare.  £265

 

WMH-7775:  Henry III Voided Long Cross Hammered Silver PROVINCIAL Mint Medieval Penny.  Phase II, class IIIb, mint and moneyer: IACOB ON BRIST – Bristol mint.  Spink 1363.  Ex Colchester Coin Hoard of 1964 so excellent provenance.  £185

 

WMH-7777:  Henry III Voided Long Cross Hammered Silver PROVINCIAL Mint Medieval Penny.  Phase II, class IIIb, mint and moneyer: ADAM ON NEVECA – Newcastle mint.  Spink 1363.  £155

 

WMH-8110:  Henry III Medieval Hammered Silver Voided Long Cross Penny.  Phase II "Provincial" issue of 1248-50.  IOCOB ON NO[R] - Norwich (East Anglia) mint.  The first use of a neck on the portrait - class 3c, Spink 1364.  Easily distinguishable from the later, more common Phase III (post-provincial) issue by the lack of an obverse sceptre.  Uncommon mint.  £95