Ancient, British and World Coins and Banknotes, to include the Professor Jeffrey P Mass Collection of English Short Cross Coins, 1180-1247 (Part II) and British Medals from the James Spencer Collection (Part III)

Short Cross coins, London, Reinald, reinald · on · lvn, limbs of a voided cross are apparent in the obv. die by the portrait at 3, 9 and 12 o’clock, 1.36g/5h (SCBI 314). Centres weak, otherwise very fine, toned (£40-50)

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:
J.D. Brand Collection [from Baldwin April 1962]
bt Baldwin 1988.

Brand thought the n of lvn malformed and Mass read it as d. Close inspection shows it to be a normal n with pronounced serifs and a very weakly struck diagonal