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1 Penny - Henry II Tealby coinage, class F
| Issuer | England |
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| Year | 1174-1180 |
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| Weight | 1.32 g |
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| Obverse description | Facing crowned bust of King Henry II at centre, depicted in a stylised, somewhat crude hammered manner characteristic of the Tealby series. The king holds a sceptre in his right hand, with long hair falling in distinctive ringlets from the temples — the key diagnostic feature distinguishing Class F from Class E. A beaded inner circle frames the bust, with the royal legend arranged around the periphery within a further beaded border. |
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| Obverse lettering | + ҺENR REX AN • (Translation: Henry King of England) |
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The Tealby coinage takes its name from a hoard of roughly 5,000 pennies discovered in Tealby, Lincolnshire in 1807 — the largest find of Henry II silver to date. Class F sits near the end of this poorly-executed series, which had become so debased in workmanship by the early 1170s that Henry ordered a complete recoinage in 1180, replacing the entire Tealby issue with the far more competently produced Short Cross coinage. Dies for the Tealby series were cut with notorious inconsistency across some thirty moneyers operating at mints scattered from Canterbury to Carlisle.