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Henry II (1154-1189), Short Cross coinage, Penny, class Ia 4, Wilton, Rodbert, rodbert · on · wil (l over n), double half moon c and es, dies 8/6, 1.23g/6h (SCBI Mass 171; N 962; S 1343A). Centres weak, otherwise very fine, rare £200-250

Provenance: F. Elmore Jones Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction, 10 April 1984, lot 1483; J.P. Mass Collection, Part III, DNW Auction 69, 15 March 2006, lot 844; J. Sazama Collection, Part V, DNW Auction 104, 5 December 2012, lot 76.

The alteration of the rev. die is attributed to the removal of the dies from Winchester following the fire of 1180 which destroyed the Winchester mint (see ‘The Emergency Mint of Wilton in 1180’, by J.D. Brand and F. Elmore Jones, BNJ 35 [1966], pp.116-19, where this coin is illustrated as pl.xv, 12)