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Auction: 26005 - British and World Coins and Medals: The Martin J Waldron Collection of English Coins
Lot: 355

(x) Henry I 'Beauclerc' (1100-1135), 'Cross and Annulet' Type, Penny, Thetford, Norman / Northman, [+ HE]NR[ICVS RE], crowned and draped bust left, rosette before, rev. [+] NORM[AN O]N TET, short cross potent, large pellet-in-annulet in each angle, 0.95g [14.66grns], 9h (SCBI -; North 868; BMC XII; S.1273), cracked and nearly in two pieces, otherwise uniformly toned, the obverse virtually smooth, the reverse bolder than fine, the only known example for this type and moneyer at Thetford

Provenance

The Martin Waldron Collection of Anglo-Saxon, Norman and Plantagenet Coins


Gordon Vincent Doubleday, Glendining, 8 June 1988, lot 840* - "the only recorded coin of the type for the mint" [with his ticket]



Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

Estimate
£80 to £120

Starting price
£60