Lot 1012

John 'Lacklands' (1199-1216), 'Short Cross' Penny, 1205, Class Vb1, Exeter, Iohan, crowned bust facing, pellets in curls 2/2, rev. + IOhAN · ON · ECCE, voided short cross, cross pommées in angles, 1.37g [21.14grns], 12h (SCBI [Mass] 1493 same reverse die; Allen, reverse die i3; North 970; S.1351), a little central softness, otherwise with rich dark toning, centres fair, the peripheries almost very fine, scarce. Provenance, From the Cabinet of a Distinguished Lady in Kent, , A H Baldwin, by private treaty (ref. A4292), 1 February 1974 Estimate: £80 - £100