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Auction: 26005 - British and World Coins and Medals: The Martin J Waldron Collection of English Coins
Lot: 358

(x) Henry I 'Beauclerc' (1100-1135), 'Quadrilateral on Cross Fleury' Type, Penny, c. 1125-1135, Thetford, Baldewin, [hE]NRIC[V :], crowned and draped bust three-quarters facing left, rev. BALD[PIN O]N TE[TF], voided quadrilateral atop cross fleury, 1.44g [22.22grns], 10h (SCBI -; North 871; BMC XV; S.1276), struck soft in places, nevertheless better than very fine for issue, with an excellent portrait for this notoriously irregular specie, Baldwin previously unknown for type at Thetford prior to Beauvais, very rare thus

Provenance

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


Beauvais Hoard, Glendining-Baldwin, 4 November 1987, lot 83

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Estimate
£200 to £300

Starting price
£160