Triton XV, Lot: 1890. Estimate $10000. Sold for $9500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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NORMAN. Henry I. 1100-1135. Round AR Halfpenny (14mm, 0.55 g, 9h). Northamtune (Northampton) or Northwic (Norwich) mint; Turstan, moneyer. + HENRIC REX, facing bust / + TVRSTA[ ... ]NO, small cross potent, with quatrefoil in each quarter. SCBI -; BMC -; North 872; SCBC 1277; Coin Register 2009, 131 (this coin). VF, toned. Extremely rare, and a previously unpublished moneyer for this reign at either of these two mints.
Found by a metal detectorist in Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire, 26 March 2009 (EMC 2000.0131).