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1 Penny - Henry II Short Cross type, class 1a
| Issuer | England |
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| Year | 1180 |
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| Currency | Pound sterling (1158-1970) |
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| Obverse description | Crowned facing bust of King Henry II in a stylised, flat-relief hammered style, depicted with a small face, holding a sceptre before the right shoulder. The legend ҺENRICVS RE X surrounds the effigy, rendered in a characteristically angular medieval Roman script with a square-form E and/or C, round M, and an irregular number of hair curls flanking the crown. The bust is contained within a beaded inner circle, with the royal title distributed around the outer field. Class 1a characteristics include the particularly small facial features and the specific letterform variants noted above. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | + WILLELm · ON · NORΛ (Translation: Willelm of Northampton) |
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