fwo_946069 - ENGLAND - KINGDOM OF ENGLAND - HENRY III PLANTAGENET Penny dit “long cross” n.d. Londres
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Price : 120.00 €
Type : Penny dit “long cross”
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Londres
Metal : silver
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 1,57 g.
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : HENRICVS REX. III.
Obverse description : Tête barbue et couronnée du roi de face.
Obverse translation : (Henry III, roi).
Reverse
Reverse legend : HEN - RI O - N LV - NDE.
Reverse description : Croix évidée, accostée de quatre groupes de trois besants disposés en carrés.
Reverse translation : (Henri à Londres).
Commentary
Cet exemplaire correspond à la phase trois du monnayage d’Henry III, entre 1250 et 1272, la légende de droit se développe en “HENRICVS REX III” et le roi tient un sceptre.
Historical background
ENGLAND - KINGDOM OF ENGLAND - HENRY III PLANTAGENET
(1216-1272)
Henri III (1207-1272), son of Jean-sans-Terre, married Éléonore, the daughter of the Count of Provence. He signed with Louis IX the Treaty of Paris in 1259 which put an end to the first Hundred Years War which allowed him to regain possession of Guyenne and Gascony. His son, Edward I, succeeded him.
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