Triton XV, Lot: 1886. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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NORMAN. Henry I. 1100-1135. AR Penny (17mm, 1.39 g, 6h). Smaller Profile/Cross and Annulets type (BMC xii). Winceastre (Winchester) mint; Stigant, moneyer. Struck circa 1119. + Һ[ENRI]CVS, crowned bust left; rosette to left / [ ... ]GANT : ON : P[ ... ], small cross pattée with annulet at center; pellet-in-annulet in each quarter. SCBI -; BMC -; North 868; SCBC 1273. Near EF, toned, some areas of striking weakness, a little off center. Very rare.
From the Marshall Faintich Collection (purchased privately from Galata Coins, 18 March 2002).