2x AU-UNC PENNIES HENRY III CANTERBURY, CHOLCHESTER HOARD RARE 5c2 5c3 Vc2 Vc3

Description

ENGLAND ENGLISH GREAT BRITAIN HENRY III 1247-1272 AD
AR Silver Long Cross Pennies (2x). Original hoard toning, highly lustrous AU examples.
In original 1970s Bradshaw and Darlington pouch and still sealed in original flips.
Both are class 5c with sceptre, with the first AU-UNC (most likely will grade 58 62) – very scarce as a series and rare in high grade, and the second would grade 50+ and is rare in all grades, with no sales online. Perhaps this is the finest known from this mint for the type.
The first example is virtually as struck, with full portrait and an interesting reverse shift error, with the cross double struck only laterally (aligned) and field slightly widened without any doubling to the obverse, possibly the finest example known. The second example is unusually well-struck for the variety and probably among the best examples that exist.
1. Henry III, AR Penny, Canterbury mint,  class 5c2 (struck 1252-56), Moneyer Willem
Bust with neck, hand holding sceptre, wedge R, almond eyes, disjointed fleur, ligated NR, no stop after III / voided long cross with three pellets in each quarter. WILLEM ON CANT, ligated EM on WILLEM and AN on CANT.
Spink 1369. North 993. Rare issue in this exceptional grade
2. Henry III, AR Penny, Canterbury mint,  class 5c3 (struck 1252-56), Moneyer Robert
Bust with neck, hand holding sceptre, wedge R, almond eyes, connected fleur, ligated NR, regular stop after III / voided long cross with three pellets in each quarter ROBERT ON CANT, with ligated ER on ROBERT,  ON and AN of CANT
Spink 1369. North 993 die rust, some weakness in margins. Very Rare issue. None online of the class in past sales.
Guaranteed genuine.