Special Collections

Sold between 14 & 17 March 2004

5 parts

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The Collection of Short Cross Coins formed by the late Professor Jeffrey P. Mass

Professor Jeffrey P Mass

Lot

№ 219

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17 March 2004

Hammer Price:
£70

Class IV, Canterbury (2), Goldwine, goldwine:on:ca, 1.32g/11h (SCBI 1020); Meinir, meinir:on:cant, 1.33g/9h (SCBI 1022), obvs. from the same die [2]. First pierced and cracked, otherwise good fine, second with centres almost flat and legends partly corroded, otherwise fine, both rare (£40-50)

Provenance:
First L.A. Lawrence Collection, Part IV, Glendining Auction, 28 November 1951, lot 1007 (part), G.V. Doubleday Collection, Glendining Auction, 8 June 1988, lot 953 (part);
Second F. Elmore Jones Collection, Glendining Auction, 13 April 1983, lot 1211 (part), bt 1986.

The Sylloge entry states the Lawrence provenance as lot 1004, Doubleday’s ticket having been misread