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Tyrants of the Thames
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SILVER PENNY (1180-1189)
Henry II, Plantagenet King, 1154-1189
London mint, moneyer Pieres. Central facing portrait, crowned, holding scepter; reverse, small central
(short) cross, quatrefoil in each angle. Sharply struck on a broad flan, good portrait if somewhat crudely
engraved, with pleasing golden gray patina
S-1344. N-963. PCGS-graded AU58.
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SILVER PENNY (1189-1199)
Richard I, Plantagenet King, 1189-1199
Canterbury mint, moneyer Ulard. Central facing bearded portrait, crowned, holding scepter, legend in
the name of Henry; reverse, small central (short) cross, quatrefoil in each angle. On a full broad flan but
typically struck showing much unevenness of detail in legends, the portrait unusually sharp, as is the
Short Cross, all sheathed in golden gray patina.
S-1347. N-967. PCGS-graded XF45.
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SILVER PENNY (1199-1216)
John, Plantagenet King, 1199-1216
Lincoln mint, moneyer Willelm. Central facing bearded portrait, crowned, holding scepter, legend in the
name of Henry; reverse, small central (short) cross, quatrefoil in each angle, pommée cross at beginning
of legend. Rare. A fine example of this king’s penny, on an unusually large and full flan, his image per-
fectly centered, Short Cross and legends all clear, pleasing golden brown and gray patina.
S-1350B. N-969. PCGS-graded XF45.