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Richard I (1189-1199), Penny, class IVb, Durham, Alain, alein · on · d[v]n, e double barred, mm. cross pommée over cross potent, rev. extra pellets in quarters, 1.28g/8h (SCBI Mass 1131; Allen dies 455/455; N 968/2; S 1348C). Part flat, otherwise nearly very fine, very rare £100-150

Provenance: F. Elmore Jones Collection, Part III, Glendining Auction, 7 October 1986, lot 1782; J.P. Mass Collection, Part III, DNW Auction 69, 15 March 2006, lot 1004; J. Sazama Collection, Part IV, DNW Auction 102, 18 September 2012, lot 2278