| Item : 18576 | | Description |
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| Description : Early Medieval Britain Anglo Saxon Silver Penny Harold II Kings of all England | | Anglo Saxon England Silver Penny Harold II
Crowned bust right, sceptre/quadrilateral over
void cross. |
| Authenticity: Forgery - Published |
| Category : Early Medieval Britain Anglo Saxon - Coins | | Series Date: 1042 - 1066 |
| Category Details | | Source |
| Category : Early Medieval | | Sold as: Unknown |
| : Britain | | Source : Anglo Saxon Counterfeits / Britsih Museum Entered by : Mac |
| : Anglo Saxon | | https://www.anglo-saxon-coinage.co.uk/books/anglo-saxon-counterfeits/ |
| Key Info | | Item Details |
Ruler : Harold II
| | Catalog Spink 1186x |
Denomination : Penny
| | Weight : 0.87g |
Content : Silver
| | Size : 19mm |
| | Condemnation |
| | Published in Ango Saxon Counterfeits, https://www.anglo-saxon-coinage.co.uk/books/anglo-saxon-counterfeits "This is the identical coin involved in Holmes case in 1982 but which BM did not manage to secure when other forgeries in that case were acquired. It turned
up again in 1982 when it was offered to Nottingham Museum by SL. He said he had been shown it & others by Holmes in a lodging hostel and SL did not
believe they were his work. He then stole them from Holmes & offered them to Nottingham Museum." |
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