CNG 94, Lot: 1937. Estimate $2000. Sold for $4250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

NORMAN. Henry I. 1100-1135. AR Penny (19mm, 1.41 g, 6h). Star in Lozenge Fleurée type (BMC xiii). Walingeford (Wallingford) mint; Asulfr, moneyer. Struck circa 1121. + ҺENRICVS R, crowned bust left, holding scepter / + OSVLF : ON : PEL[L]IGL, lozenge with incurved sides; star at center, fleur at each end, and trefoil in each quarter. Andrew, pl. VI, 10 (same dies); SCBI 16 (Norweb), 302 (this coin); SCBI 20 (Mack), 1545 (same dies); BMC 101–3 (same dies); North 869; SCBC 1274. Good VF, attractive glossy dark toning, usual spots of weakness. Excellent portrait. Rare.

From the James Fox Collection. Ex Emory May Norweb Collection (Spink 59, 17 June 1987), lot 1281.