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Auction: 18004 - Ancient, British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 336

Henry I (1100-35), Penny, pointing bust and stars type, Dorchester, Osbern, 1.34g, crowned bust, three-quarters right, holding sceptre in right hand, three stars in field, rev. osbern on dor, cross potent over saltire cross, annulet-quatrefoils at the end of each angular limb (N.862 {Dorchester unrecorded for Class VI}; BMC VI; S.1267), an attractive piece, a pleasing very fine albeit for minor flan distortion, of the highest rarity and presumed unique

provenance
Found near Lincoln, 2017
Recorded with the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, ref. EMC 2017.0183

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Estimate
£4,000 to £5,000