The Late Jim Sazama Collection of Medieval Coins

Henry II (1154-1189), Short Cross coinage, Penny, class Ib 2, Oxford, Owein, o[w]ein·on·oxen, n of moneyer’s name with serif on base of second rather than first limb, 1.40g/7h (SCBI Mass 459; N 963; S 1344). Flat in places and obverse slightly double-struck, otherwise nearly very fine and toned, rare £90-120

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Late Jim Sazama Collection of Medieval Coins.

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Provenance: L.A. Lawrence Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction, 14 March 1951, lot 393 (part); P. Woodhead Collection, Spink Auction 75, 29 March 1990, lot 125 [from Baldwin October 1961]; J.P. Mass Collection, Part I, DNW Auction 61, 17 March 2004, lot 107