HENRY II, SILVER

HENRY II, SILVER "TEALBY" PENNY

Code: 10998

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Henry II, Silver "Tealby" Penny, (1154-89).
Bust A, Moneyer Ricard-
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Canterbury, London or Winchester mint.
S.1339 VAR.
1.3 grams, 18 mm in diameter.

*This type of Silver Penny of Henry II are most often referred to as “Tealby" due to the enormous hoard of this coinage, found in late 1807, at Bayons Manor Farm near Tealby in Lincolnshire.
Over 5,700 pieces were found in this hoard.