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ENGLISH MEDIEVAL HAMMERED COINS - JOHN - LONDON / RICARD - SHORT CROSS PENNY 1199-1205 AD Class 4c. Obv: facing bust with sceptre and HENICVS REX blundered legend with diagnostic reversed 'S'. Rev: short voided cross and quatrefoils with +RICARD.ON.LVN legend with chevron-barred 'A' for the moneyer Ricard at London mint. 1.35 grams. Near very fine for issue; slightly weak strike. Rare type; use of chevron-barred 'A' unusual and blundered legend interesting. Provenance Found Wimborne, Dorset, UK, 2010 (recorded UKDFD 8917, with printout). Literature S. 1349; N. 968/3; Mass SCBI 56, 1170 (die duplicate).