1 Penny - Henry II 1180

Weight

1.35 g

Diameter

19 mm

Thickness

NA

Material

Silver

Shape

Round (irregular)

Edge Type

NA

Technique

Hammered

Front design

NA

Back design

Legend around voided cross, with four pellets in angles.

Year of Minting

1180

King

Henry II (1154-1189)

Mint location

Northampton , United Kingdom (955-1272)

Mint mark

NA

Orientation

NA

Inscriptions

Obverse: ҺENRICVS RE X Reverse: + WILLELm · ON · NORΛ

Context

House of Plantagenet (1154-1399), Henry II (1154-89), Short Cross coinage (1180-89), Class 1a1 - 1a3. Henry II ascended the throne in 1154, but coins of Stephen's last type continued to be minted until 1158. The new coinage bearing Henry's name was more commonly referred to as the 'Tealby' coinage, as over 6,000 of these pennies were discovered at Tealby, Lincolnshire in 1807. In 1180 a coinage of new type, known as the Short Cross coinage, replaced the Tealby issue. The new coinage is remarkable in that it covers not only the latter part of the reign of Henry II, but also the reigns of his sons Richard and John and on into the reign of his grandson Henry III, and the entire issue bears the name 'hENRICVS'. Numerous moneyer and mint name varieties exist.

Rarity

Ultra rare

Coin type

Standard circulation

In circulation

No

Demonetized

Yes

Marketplace listings

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