The Late Jim Sazama Collection of Medieval Coins

Henry II (1154-1189), Short Cross coinage, Penny, class Ib, Northampton, Willelm, wllelm · on · norh, i omitted, 1.48g/10h (SCBI Mass 444; N 963; S 1344). Good very fine and toned, very rare with this mint signature
£250-300

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

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Provenance: J.D. Brand Collection; F. Elmore Jones Collection, Glendining Auction, 20 April 1984, lot 1488 (part); J.P. Mass Collection, Part II, DNW Auction 65, 16 March 2005, lot 504 [from Baldwin 1992].

Elmore Jones’ ticket states that this is the only known coin of the moneyer for the class with a positive Northampton reading