NORMAN. Henry I. 1100-1135. AR Penny (20.5mm, 1.23 g, 2h). Double Inscription type (BMX xi). Southwark mint; Leofwine, moneyer. Struck circa 1115.Electronic Auction 482 British, Silver Sold For $ 600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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NORMAN. Henry I. 1100-1135. AR Penny (20.5mm, 1.23 g, 2h). Double Inscription type (BMX xi). Southwark mint; Leofwine, moneyer. Struck circa 1115. Crowned and draped bust left, holding cross-tipped scepter; two quatrefoils to left / + LI[F]P I[NE ON]/+SVTP[...]R, small cross pattée; quatefoils-in-annulets in outer legend. EMC 1989.0099 = Coin Register 1989, 99 (this coin); North 867; SCBC 1272. Toned, some marks and porosity, surface crack on obverse. Near Fine. Rare, the Coin Register notes that there is only one other example of this mint/moneyer for this type, in the Hunterian, no others are in the EMC. |