Triton XV, Lot: 1888. Estimate $1000. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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NORMAN. Henry I. 1100-1135. AR Penny (20mm, 1.25 g, 11h). Pellets in Quatrefoil type (BMC xiv). Lundene (London) mint; Ordgar, moneyer. Struck circa 1123. [+] ҺENRICVS REX, crowned facing bust, holding scepter; star to right / + ORDGAR [: O]N : LVNDEN, pelleted cross, with star at center; all within quatrefoil, with trefoil at each end and inward-facing fleur in each quarter. SCBI -; BMC 142 var. (legends); North 870; SCBC 1275. VF, toned, some minor roughness.
From the Marshall Faintich Collection (purchased privately from Mint & Print, 1 December 2001).