PLANTAGENET. Henry II. 1154-1189. AR Penny (20mm, 1.50 g, 9h). Cross-and-crosslets ('Tealby') coinage; class A2. Carlisle mint; Willem, moneyer. Struck 1158-circa 1163. Crowned facing bust, holding scepter / [+] WILLEL[M : ON CA]RD, cross pattée, with crosslet in angles. BMC 212; North 952/2; SCBC 1337. Old cabinet toning, usual areas of weak strike. VF.
From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection, purchased from J. Linzalone, September 2012. Ex Ex G.V. Doubleday (Glendining, 8 June 1988), lot 905 (part of); L.A. Lawrence (Part IV, Glendining, 28 November 1951), lot 991 (part of).
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