Pointed Bust and Stars Type Penny

Triton XVIII, Lot: 1730. Estimate $5000. Sold for $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

NORMAN. Henry I. 1100-1135. AR Penny (20mm, 1.32 g, 3h). Pointing Bust and Stars type (BMC vi). Lundene (London) mint; Ælfwine, moneyer. Struck circa 1107. + hENRI RE, crowned bust facing slightly right, holding scepter over right shoulder and pointing with left hand; two stars to right / + ELPINE : ON : LVN, cross potent over cross batonnée in saltire; two stars in each quarter. SCBI –; EMC 2014.0260 (this coin); BMC –; North 862; SCBC 1267. VF, light marks, slightly crimped flan. Attractive portrait. Very rare.

Found Hart, Hartlepool, 2014 (EMC 2014.0260).