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Wilton, Rodbert, rodbert · on · wil (l over n), double half moon c and es, dies 8/6, 1.23g/6h (SCBI 171). Centres weak, otherwise very fine, rare (£200-250)

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:
F. Elmore Jones Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction, 10 April 1984, lot 1483
bt 1989

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)