Henry II Silver ‘Tealby’ Penny 1154-1189AD Carlisle

Henry II Silver ‘Tealby’ Penny 1154-1189AD Carlisle
20mm, 1.26g

During the first few years Henry’s reign the coinage of King Stephen continued to be produced, but in order to restore the public’s confidence in the currency a new standard was introduced, known as the Tealby penny, so named after a hoard found at Tealby, Lincolnshire in 1807. Thirty mints were employed in this initial recoinage by the first Plantagenet king.

Strong portrait for the type.