Henry I Halfpenny

5634661.

Sold For $12000

NORMAN. Henry I. 1100-1135. Round AR Halfpenny (14mm, 0.70 g, 5h). Lincoln mint; Aslakr, moneyer. + HENRIC REX, facing bust / + hASLAC ON LIN, small cross potent, with quatrefoil in each quarter. EMC 2021.0111 (this coin); SCBI –; Mossop –; North 872; SCBC 1277. Find patina, official edge snick. Good VF. Well struck on an unusually large flan. Very rare and the first recorded example of the moneyer for this issue.

Ex Classical Numismatic Review XLVI.2 (Summer 2021), no. 576503. Found near Lincoln, 2018.