Sale: CNG 63, Lot: 1949. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 May 2003.  Sold For $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Henry I. 1100-1135. AR Penny (1.33 gm). Type XI, circa 1115. London mint; Ailwine, moneyer. hEN[RI] R, very large bust left, holding sceptre; two quatrefoils of annulets between sceptre and legend/ +A IL PI NE/ +ON LVND: in two lines around small cross; outer inscription divided by four quatrefoils of annulets in circles. North 867; SCBC 1272. Good VF, exceptional for this rare type. ($3000)

Ex William J. Conte Collection; Beauvais Hoard, first portion. 

Moneyers named Ailwine are known only at the mints of Ipswich, Warwick, and Winchester during the reign of Henry I.