Triton XV, Lot: 1880. Estimate $5000. Sold for $4750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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NORMAN. Henry I. 1100-1135. AR Penny (19mm, 1.34 g, 3h). Pointing Bust and Stars type (BMC vi). Lundene (London) mint; Aelfwine, moneyer. Struck circa 1107. + ҺENRI RE*, crowned bust facing slightly right, holding scepter and pointing; three stars to right / + ALFPINE ON LVNDEN, cross potent over cross batonnée in saltire; two stars in each quarter. SCBI -; BMC -; North 862; SCBC 1267; Coin Register 2003, 250 (this coin cited). Good VF, toned. Extremely rare.
From the Marshall Faintich Collection (purchased privately from A. H. Baldwin & Sons, 3 June 2003). Found by a metal detectorist in Norfolk, circa 2000 (EMC 2003.0155).