Choice Pimprez Hoard Henry I

Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 1380. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

NORMAN. Henry I. 1100-1135. AR Penny (1.25 g, 10h). Quadrilateral on cross fleury type (BMC XV). Exeter mint; Alwine(?), moneyer. Struck circa 1125-1135. +hEHRICVS:, crowned bust facing slightly left, holding scepter with lis terminal / +A[ELW(?)]I: ON: EXCES:, quadrilateral on cross fleury. Cf. Andrew p. 196; SCBI -; cf. BMC 219; North 871; SCBC 1276. Good VF, flan wrinkled at edge. This moneyer's name apparently is not fully legible on any of the known coins of Exeter.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 70 (21 September 2005), lot 1257; Spink 170 (6 October 2004), lot 426; Pimprez (2002) Hoard.