375, Lot: 826. Estimate $500. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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NORMAN. Henry I. 1100-1135. AR Penny (20mm, 1.39 g, 8h). Pellets in Quatrefoil type (BMC xiv). Lundene (London) mint; Sigarus, moneyer. Struck circa 1123-1125. + hENRICVS R :, crowned and draped facing bust, holding lis-tipped scepter in right hand; star to right / [+] SIGAR[V]S : ON · LVND [:], pelleted cross, with star at center; all within quatrefoil, with trefoil at each end and inward-facing fleur in each quarter. Allen,
Henry 419-21 (dies E/d); SCBI 27 (Lincolnshire), 2282; cf. BMC 148; North 870; SCBC 1175. VF, usual areas of weak strike.