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Sold between 14 & 17 March 2004

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

Professor Jeffrey P Mass

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Lot

№ 298

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17 March 2004

Hammer Price:
£170

Class V, Oxford, Henri, henri·on·oese, curls 3/3, pellets 2/2, 1.40g/12h (SCBI 1578; Allen dies 2/h2; SCBI Ashmolean 698, this coin). Weakly struck, nearly very fine, rare (£50-70)

Provenance:
From the Eccles (Greater Manchester) Hoard, 1864;
Sir John Evans Collection;
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (by exchange).

Same
obv. die as lot 299. The mint signature is recorded as ocse but in the opinion of the cataloguer there is a very clear bar across the second letter