Class 5 imit'n, Nicole, London. -

Class 5 Imitation, Nicole, London.  Obv: hENRICUS REX:III - the N is reversed.  Short and unusual bust, thin crown-band.  Round eyes.  Rev: NIC/OLE/ONL/VND - with ON and ND ligated. Pellets on N in 3q/4q.      No exact match in Brussels Hoard.  Images courtesy of Dix Noonan Webb, coin auctioned Feb 11th 2015, part of lot # 63. Provenance: Jim Sazama collection.

Imitations of class 5 VLC pennies are the most numerous in the Brussels hoard. Again, London and Canterbury are the predominant mints imitated, though there are class 5 imitations of some of the provincial mints, despite the fact that these mints were not operating at the time class 5 coins were being minted; examples include Gloucester and Wilton.