John (1199-1216), Shortcross Penny, Class 5aii*, Winchester, Miles, crowned bust facing, pellets in curls, sceptre to left, rev. + MILIS ON WINC [sic], S retrograde, short cross pommée, and in each angle, reversed, 1.32g, h, m.m. cross pommée (Mass 1335; Winchester 8:2591e this coin, dies Aa; North 969; Spink 1350B), pierced and plugged at E of obverse name, otherwise waterworn, almost very fine and very rare, six recorded with this die combination, only four of which are complete coins.
Provenance
Alan Miles, Baldwin 83, 24 September 2013, lot 4226
Dr E J Harris, collection purchased en bloc by Spink, c. 1989
Estimate: £70 - £100