PLANTAGENET. Edward I. 1272-1307. AR Penny (18mm, 1.42 g, 3h). New coinage, class 10ab2. Newcastle mint. Struck mid 1301-circa early 1302. Crowned facing bust, lacking hair / Long cross pattée; three pellets in quarters. SCBI 39 (North), 506 = BNJ XXI, p. 211, no. 14 (coin); North 1038/1; SCBC 1428. Toned. Fine. An extremely rare engraver's error, with the portrait of the king lacking hair.
From the Arthur M. Fitts III Collection. Ex W.J. Conte Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 58, 19 September 2001), lot 1972; J.J. North Collection, 506, purchased from Baldwin's, May 1972; A.H. Baldwin Collection, exhibited at the 25 January 1933 ordinary meeting of the British Numismatic Society.