CNG 91, Lot: 1493. Estimate $1000. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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NORMAN. Henry I. 1100-1135. AR Penny (20mm, 1.36 g, 12h). Quatrefoil with Piles type (BMC vii). Lundonia (London) mint; Sperling, moneyer. Struck circa 1111. + ҺENRI · REX :, crowned facing bust / [+] SPIRI[NG : O]N : LVNDEN, cross pommée in saltire, with annulet at center; all over quatrefoil. Cf. Andrew p. 309-10; SCBI 20 (Mack), 1521 (same dies); BMC –; North 863; SCBC 1268. VF, toned, usual weakness in the portrait, official edge snick. Very rare.
Ex Andrew Wayne Collection (purchased privately from Spink).