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Electronic Auction 315  20 November 2013
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Lot 556

Estimate: 100 USD
Price realized: 210 USD
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PLANTAGENET. Henry III. 1216-1272. AR Penny (17mm, 1.36 g, 4h). Long cross type, class 3a¹. Northampton mint; Tomas, moneyer. Struck 1248-1250. Crowned facing bust / Voided long cross pommée with pellet at center and three pellets in each angle. C&T Nor 18; North 986; SCBC 1362. VF, toned, minor deposits on reverse.

From the Roland Amas Collection.

The moneyer, Thomas Kynne, was mayor from about 1249 and also a merchant by trade, as he sold pelts to the king for £12 14s 4d in 1250. See Mints & Moneyers During the Reign of Henry III by Ron Churchill (Baldwin's, 2012), p. 203.
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