Lot 1010

John 'Lacklands' (1199-1216), 'Short Cross' Penny, 1205, Class Vb1, Bury St Edmunds, Fulke, crowned bust facing, pellets in curls 2/2, rev. + FOLkE · ON · S · ADM, pellet-barred S, voided short cross, cross pommées in angles, 1.49g [22.99grns], 5h (Eaglen, dies 6/f7; SCBI [Mass] 1705 same dies; North 970; S.1351), slightly soft in strike, otherwise cabinet toned, fine or generally bolder, a scarce provincial mint. Provenance, From the Cabinet of a Distinguished Lady in Kent, , Spink, by private treaty (ref. S1924), 3 March 1975 , SNC, February 1975, no. 2176 Estimate: £80 - £100