Triton XV, Lot: 1878. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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NORMAN. Henry I. 1100-1135. AR Penny (18mm, 1.16 g, 1h). Annulets and Piles type (BMC iv). Welingaford (Wallingford) mint; Godwine, moneyer. Struck circa 1105. + ҺE(ИR)I REX, crowned facing bust, holding scepter / + GODPI(ИE) OИ PΛLL, five annulets in cruciform pattern; all within quatrefoil. SCBI -; BMC -; North 860; SCBC 1265. VF, darkly toned. Extremely rare.
From the Marshall Faintich Collection (purchased privately from Lloyd Bennett, 7 November 2006).