Triton XIX, Lot: 952. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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NORMAN. Henry I. 1100-1135. AR Penny (19mm, 1.31 g, 4h). Star in Lozenge Fleurée type (BMC xiii). Bury St. Edmunds mint; Godric, moneyer. Struck circa 1121. + hENRI[CV]S R, crowned bust left, holding scepter / + GODRIC [· O]N · SAN :, lozenge with incurved sides; star at center, fleur at each end, and trefoil in each quarter. Eaglen 11 var. (unlisted dies); EMC 2011.0100 = Coin Register 2013, A.188 (this coin); SCBI –; BMC –; North 869; SCBC 1274. Good VF, mark on cheek, reverse slightly double struck. Excellent portrait. Extremely rare, only four coins of this moneyer for this issue noted by Eaglen; none in SCBI, this coin the only piece in EMC.
Ex Spink 208 (23 June 2011), lot 617. Found in East Anglia, 1980s.