NumisMattic2200 Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 Unfortunately I have no notes on the joblot this one came out of - another one (from a group of for) was a Henry III Short-Cross Penny, the other two are Long Crosses probably of Edward I/II. Is this another Henry III or a rare earlier Short-cross type? A little puzzle for some more experienced connoisseur maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordie582 Posted September 11, 2009 Report Share Posted September 11, 2009 OK! So its a shortcross and the obverse has traces of the usual "HENRICVS" and the presence of "IME" among the reverse legend narrows to either AIMER or FIL AIMER (as the mint is LONDON), this makes it either Henry II or Richard. Pity its not in collectable condition!!! My humble opinion! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NumisMattic2200 Posted September 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2009 A humble yet highly valued opinion - I seem to remember reading one of the coins was Richard (I think?..) so I go with that one Seriously though, I am astounded you can 'see' all that detail, you must have special eyes.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ætheling Posted September 12, 2009 Report Share Posted September 12, 2009 I couldn't read it, that's for sure! Mind you it's a few years now since i've dabbled in hammered coins. The trick to reading the reverse legends on these earlier short-cross types is to find the 'ON' first, since it's the bit that doesn't tend to change, then you can decide whether to work out the mint or the moneyer first, I would tend to try and figure out the mint name first. Even though there are many mints and many spelling variations, there are even more moneyer names and even less formulated spellings! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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