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Continental Sterling Henry III Imitation Penny

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Hi,

I have this Continental Sterling Henry III Imitation Penny but I'm not sure if it can be narrowed down any more. I've scanned the excellent "https://sterlingimitations.com/" but can't seem to locate it.

The obverse lettering seems to be ?EVST?RV? Perhaps just a corruption of hENRICVS REX by an engraver who didn't quite understand what he was copying
The reverse has "ON LVND" quite clearly - but the preceding letters are not clear - perhaps a corruption of NICOLE

I do like these Sterling imitations.


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Those legends are indeed intriguing (that's the polite version of "they're a hot mess").

I wonder if it could be a double strike, or a counterfeit?

The reverse is more readable, and because of the two crosses (though neither is quite a cross and might be an I or I' ?), it leaves options on where exactly to begin.
If I start at 1:00 I see + RON . LVNDe + RVNDG
If I start at 9:00 it's more like RVNDGI'RON . LVNDE

And the obverse is more difficult ... I see more or less what you do maybe eVST GVS ?

Only other thing I noticed is the scepter, which I don;t remember seeing on any of the continental imitations (but I have not studied them systematically)
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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.
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