Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 1131. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $2800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

NORMAN. Henry I. 1100-1135. AR Penny (1.14 g, 8h). Pellets in quatrefoil type (BMC XIV). Southwark mint; Leofwine, moneyer. Struck circa 1123. +hENRICVS:, crowned facing bust, holding scepter; star over right shoulder / +LEFPINE: ON: S[V]DPE: (NE ligate), quatrefoil with star in center and three pellets in limbs; lis in quarters. Andrew p. 302; SCBI -; cf. BMC 176; North 870; SCBC 1275. Good VF, toned. Exceptional portrait. Rare.

Ex G.W. de Wit Collection.