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Henry II Tealby Penny type A Lincoln Swein
Henry II (1154-89), silver "Tealby" Penny, type A, Lincoln Mint, moneyer Swein, facing crowned bust with hand holding sceptre, legend and beaded borders surrounding both sides, rev. short voided cross pattee, small cross pattee saltire in each angle, +S-EIN----- weight 1.45g (N.952/2; S.1337). Dark tone, with a nice little portrait and reverse device, the legends mostly missing but deducible as Swein, moneyer of Lincoln, a bold very fine.
The cross and crosslets type coinage of King Henry II is more often called "Tealby" because of the enourmous find of a hoard of this coinage in late 1807 which amounted to over 5,700 pieces. They were found at Bayons Manor farm near Tealby in Lincolnshire, and the first report was written in the Stamford Mercury of the 6th November 1807. From this hoard alone, 17 new mint towns for the coinage were added to what was known as of 1807, however only some 600 + pieces were saved for the national and other important private collections with 5,127 pieces deemed unworthy and sent to bemelted at the Tower of London.
the legends translate as "Henry King" on obverse and "Swein of Lincoln" on the reverse.
Provenance:
Ex Studio Coins March 2001.