​The Long Cross Pennies of Henry III 

Coin ref # CNNC2065

Note: The "Coin Ref #" given below each coin relates to the specific coin not to the type of coin.  It is provided as an aid to communication for anyone wishing to refer to a specific coin on this website.

Class 2a

Nicole


Obv: hEHRICVS REX TERCI'  similar to mm 3*, though rays are somewhat irregular.  Three pellets under crownband.  

Rev: HIC/OLE/OHC/ANT - with AN ligated. RIC: 8-9

Coins of this class & moneyer in BH.........19   
Number of different C&T types in BH....... 5   
Churchill & Thomas Type for this coin.... C.30
Number of coins of this type in BH.......... 5


Notes: Images courtesy of CNG Auction 308, lot# 455.

Class 2a

Willem

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Obv:hEHRICUS REX TERCI, Three pellets under crown.

Rev: WIL/LEM/OHE/ANT,  AN  ligated.


Coins of this class & moneyer in BH......... 0

Weight ................................................... 1.43 gm


Notes:   Nearly VF. ex Lord Stewartby (Spink auction June 2016, Lot # 612c), Bt A H Baldwin, August 1952.  


Coin Ref # CNNC2007

Coin ref # CNWM2001

Coin Ref # CNNC2005

Class 2a

Nicole

 

Obv: Bearded portrait facing, *hEHRICVS REX TERCI’  Mintmark 2. Class 2a indicated by initial mark and curved limbs to X. Three pellets under crown.

Rev:  HIC/OLE/OHC/ANT - AN ligated.

Coins of this class & moneyer in BH........ 19

Number of different C&T types in BH....... 5 

Churchill & Thomas Type for this coin.... C.30

Number of coins of this type in BH.......... 5

Weight ....... 1.51 gm.


Provenance: The William Conte collection. ex North; ex Spink 1.4.1982.   Images: © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Accession number:  CM.1334-2001

Coin ref # CNNC2001

Canterbury Mint - Class 2

Coin ref # CNWM2066

Class 2a 

Nicole


Obv. hEHRICVS REX TERCI' - pellet after rex, 5 pellets under crown.


Rev: HIC/OLE/OHE/CAN - with AN ligated.

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Coins of this class & moneyer in BH.........19   
... and in the Colchester hoard ................ 7
Number of different C&T types in BH....... 5
Churchill & Thomas Type for this coin..... C.33
Number of coins of this type in BH.......... 5
Weight ...............................................   1.51 gm


Notes:   Slight weakness in the legends at one point, otherwise VF.  ex Lord Stewartby (Spink auction June 2016, Lot # 612b).


Class 2a (Transitional)

Willem

Obv:hEHRICUS REX TERCI, Three pellets under crown.

Rev: WIL/LEM/OHE/AHT,  AH  ligated.


Coins of this class & moneyer in BH......... 0


Notes:   There were no 2a coins for Willem in the Brussels Hoard, but 7 of class 2b1 & 26 of 2b2.  The mint mark falls between 2a & 3a* - there are similar mint marks for Gilbert & Nicole so the dies were presumably cut at roughly the same time.  A transitional coin, and has a portrait that looks half way between 2a & 2b1. This coin can probably be classified as 2a rather than 2b1.   Image courtesy of DNW, Auctioned 18 Sep. 2013.


Class 2a

Nicole


Obv: hEHRICUS REX TERCI'  -  with HR and ER ligated. X type 1  Class 1 style bust. Appears to be class 2a despite having initial mark 3 rather than 2. Three pellets under crown.


Rev: HIC/OLE/OHC/AIT - crossbar of the ligated N is absent.


Coins of this class & moneyer in BH.........19   
... and in the Colchester hoard ................ 7
Number of different C&T types in BH....... 5
Churchill & Thomas Type for this coin..... C.30 sim
Number of coins of this type in BH.......... 5 (C.30)
Weight ............................................... 1.35 gm

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Notes: Images courtesy of an anonymous collector; coin purchased on Ebay, April 2015, ebay # 281651831471

Coin ref # CNNC2064

Class 2a 

Nicole

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Obv:hEHRICUS REX TERCI, Three pellets under crown.

Rev:HIC/OLE/OHC/ANT,  AN  ligated.


Coins of this class & moneyer in BH.........19   
... and in the Colchester hoard ................ 7
Number of different C&T types in BH....... 5
Churchill & Thomas Type for this coin..... C.30
Number of coins of this type in BH.......... 5

Notes:   Coin ex Lord Stewartby, auctioned by Spink, June 2016, lot # 612a


Coin ref # CNGB2001

Class 2a

Gilbert 

Obv:hEHRICUS REX TERCI, HR and ER ligated. Three pellets under crown.

Rev: GIL/BER/TOH/CAN,  ER & AN ligated. 

- Gilbert of Bonnington, the Archbishop’s moneyer

C&T type: C.28

Notes:  25 2a coins in the Brussels Hoard; six of Gilbert, represented by two types:  C28 having ER on the reverse ligated, as here, and C.29 with ER non-ligated.  Baldwins sold this as C29, but it is actually C.28 (perhaps scarcer).

Image courtesy of A H Baldwin & Sons Ltd, London, coin ex Brussels Hoard and sold at Baldwin's Auction #77, Sept. 2012, Lot #2437