Continental Sterling Henry III Imitation Penny

Thanks for responding tdziemia.

I kinda bought it because it was a "hot mess"

I think it's pretty certain that it's not a "real" henry III penny. It is made of good silver though.

With a little bit of imagination I think the obverse is hEVST?R (or G) VS REX with the EX behind the sceptre

I think the "ON LVNDE" part of the reverse has to be taken as the end of the legend so working back from that the preceding letters might be NVNDE?P (or R)

The engraver seems to have been quite excessive with the pellets in the central short cross. There appears to be an additional grouping of 4 pellets at 12 o'clock.

My general thoughts is that it is a Germanic imitation of a Henry III penny. A bit further away from the source than the low countries who had their own style (and generally knew what they were doing) but still part of the sphere of influence those Henry III high silver content penny's had.

Hmm. Given the otherwise weird CVSP CVSP and LVNDE LVNDE, I'm fairly confident that what we're dealing with is a coin struck twice with an approximately 135 degree separation; further indications of this are the two apparent royal beards at 2h and 6h on the obverse, and the otherwise out-of-place pellet cross at 12h on the reverse.

...at which point I wonder whether it's an imitation at all, or a legitimate (but double-struck) sterling penny, with [HENRI]CVS R/E[X] on obverse (with what seems to be a scepter base between R and E) and [...]ON*LVNDE+ on the reverse. Unfortunately the strikes being strongest in exactly the overlapping parts means that we might never identify the variety.

Great detective work!

If that is the case then the moneyier's name ends in R (most likely)

The portrait has quite a pointy beard - making it likely to be John

If that is the case then it most likely is WALTER ON LVNDE

I think...