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Class Ib/II, Canterbury, Gilbert, mm. star and crescent, henricvs rex ang, rev. gilbert on can, 1.36g/11h (N 984/985; S 1360). Obverse slightly off-centre, good very fine, rare (£80-100)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Short Cross Coins formed by the late Professor Jeffrey P. Mass.

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Provenance:
From the Brussels (Belgium) Hoard, 1908;
G.C. Drabble Collection, Glendining Auction, 4-6 July 1939, lot 748;
R. Carlyon-Britton Collection;
R.L. Davis Collection [from Seaby November 1963]

Albert Baldwin, the cataloguer of the Drabble collection, stated that only three specimens of this mule were in the Brussels Hoard