PLANTAGENET. Henry II. 1154-1189. AR Penny (18mm, 1.37 g, 10h). Short Cross type, class Ib1. Exeter mint; Osber, moneyer. Struck 1180-circa 1182. Crowned bust facing, holding scepter / + OSBЄR · ON · ЄXЄCЄ, voided short cross with small crosses in angles. SCBI 56 (Mass), 341-3 var. (X on reverse without serifs); North 963; SCBC 1344. Toned, areas of weak strike. Near VF.
From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection. Ex David Hess FPL 9-67 (October 1967), no. 1559.
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