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Name or Denominations
1 Penny (1⁄240)
Issuer
England (United Kingdom)
Ruler
Henry II ( 1154-1189 )
Year of Minting
1158-1163
Currency
Pound sterling ( 1158-1970 )
Shape
Round (irregular)
Rarity
Ultra rare
Weight
1.4 g
Diameter
20 mm
Thickness
NA
Material
Silver
Shape
Round (irregular)
Edge Type
NA
Technique
Hammered
Front design
Crowned facing bust, sceptre to left, legend around. Note: no hair, no collar, mantle falls from chin as two parallel lines between which is a line of pellets.
Back design
Short cross pattée with crosslets in quarters, legend around.
Year of Minting
1158-1163
King
Henry II ( 1154-1189 )
Mint location
NA
Mint mark
NA
Orientation
NA
Inscriptions
Obverse: + hENRI REX ANGL Reverse: [moneyer and mint name]
Context
House of Plantagenet (1154-1399), Henry II (1154-89), Cross and Crosslets ('Tealby') coinage (1158-80), Class A, struck c. 1158-63. Henry II ascended the throne in 1154, but coins of Stephen's last type continued to be minted until 1158. The currency of the previous reign contained a high proportion of irregular and sub-standard pennies. The new Cross-and-Crosslets 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. Twenty-nine mints were employed in this re-coinage, but once the minting had been completed, not more than a dozen mints were kept open.
Rarity
Ultra rare
Coin type
Standard circulation
In circulation
No
Demonetized
Yes
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