1 Penny halved, Henry II, Short Cross.

[Citizen H]

This one comes with a slip of paper...

Henry II, Short Cross,

Class I

ON. LVND.  London Mint ?

Coys55 helped out with the last ones and I remember that the name HENRICVS cover the reigns of Henry II, Richard, John and Henry III

Any confirmation if this is correct would be a great welcome, Many Thanks "H"

[Ukstu]

Bit later in my opinion H. 

Its giving Class 5c - 6a vibes based on the lettering style and what i can see of the beard strokes. The S as well with the little tails & lack of pellet in the middle of it.

 

[Coys55]

It's definitely a London coin, but not class 1 or Henry II because the N and D are ligated (joined together). If memory serves me right that feature first occurred on class IVa, which was issued under Richard I, but the lettering style isn't right for that. My guess would be class V or VI (so John or Henry III) and judging by the position of the O of ON probably a moneyer with five letters in his name. A bit more research could probably tie the class and maybe even the moneyer down a bit.

 

Edit: you beat me to it Ukstu; I was glancing through my copies of Mass and Slevin for inspiration, but we seem to broadly agree on class 5 or 6.

Edited 1 hour ago by Coys55

[Citizen H]

many thanks for looking into this, the previous owner was a long time ago before I would have got it circa 1990's so Its great to finally have these looked and corrected, as all that I now have identified live in a page with others and I retain all of the information with the coins...albeit parts of coins ....

very well done and much appreciated  🙏

[Citizen H]

20 minutes ago, Ukstu said:

Bit later in my opinion H. 

Its giving Class 5c - 6a vibes based on the lettering style and what i can see of the beard strokes. The S as well with the little tails & lack of pellet in the middle of it.

 

cheers Stuart 👍