Short-Cross Penny, Extremely Elusive!

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dilettante New Member United Kingdom 4 Posts	Posted 04/01/2018 3:54 pm Hello All, I've spent quite a bit of time squinting at this short-cross penny and looking at names of mints and moneyers, and got absolutely nowhere with identification. As it's a short-cross, HENRICVS should be on the obverse, starting at around 9 or 10 o'clock, but I can't even match that up with what's visible, let alone figure out any of the letters in the moneyer's name or the mint. I think there may be an A at 5 o'clock, and I've convinced myself I can see the bottom of ON at 7-8 o'clock, but that's it! Any help would be greatly appreciated. Report this Post to the Staff

Kushanshah Pillar of the Community United States 1554 Posts	Posted 04/01/2018 4:37 pm Contemporary imitation? Edited by Kushanshah 04/01/2018 4:40 pm Report this Post to the Staff
dilettante New Member United Kingdom 4 Posts	Posted 04/01/2018 4:43 pm I wondered about that, but I don't really know where to look for examples. The lettering looks very 'crude' to me, but it does seem to vary quite a lot with the short-cross pennies. Report this Post to the Staff
Kushanshah Pillar of the Community United States 1554 Posts	Posted 04/01/2018 6:07 pm This website might be a good place to start: http://www.sterlingimitations.com/index.html Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 04/01/2018 6:13 pm to the community Too bad it turned out to be an imitation. Report this Post to the Staff
dilettante New Member United Kingdom 4 Posts	Posted 04/01/2018 7:16 pm @Kushanshah: Thanks - I'll follow up on this. @echizento: Thanks! If it turns out to be a contemporary imitation (from continental Europe) like Kushanshah suggests, it will be really interesting...a new side-street of hammered coinage to check out, so to speak! Report this Post to the Staff
dilettante New Member United Kingdom 4 Posts	Posted 04/03/2018 06:36 am Update: the guy who runs the Sterling Imitations website confirmed that this is no ordinary short-cross penny: it's either a continental imitation or an English forgery - in either case from the 12th or 13th century. He made me an offer and I've now sold it to him. Thanks for the tip, Kushanshah! Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 04/03/2018 07:04 am Lushcombe. Report this Post to the Staff
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