British Coins

Henry II (1154-1189), Short Cross coinage, Penny, class Ia 2, Northampton, Reinald, reinald·on·nor·, dies 8/11, 1.40g/4h (SCBI Mass 138; Wells, BNJ XXI, pl.viii, 4, this coin; N 962; S 1343). Slightly weak, otherwise very fine and extremely rare, believed the only coin of this class by this moneyer £500-600

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Late Jim Sazama Collection of Medieval Coins.

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Provenance: W.C. Wells Collection; F. Elmore Jones Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction, 10 April 1984, lot 1478; J.P. Mass Collection, Part I, DNW Auction 61, 17 March 2004, lot 6 [gift of Prof. Mass’s daughter, Tara, on the occasion of his birthday, 1995, acquired by her from Spink]