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Auction: 4018 - The Coinex Auction
Lot: 398

Henry I, Penny, 1.38g., type XI, Shaftesbury, Aldred, large artistic crowned bust left, wearing robe and holding sceptre, henri r, rev. double inscription around cross pattée, outer inscription divided by four quatrefoils, aldred on seftes (BMC -; N.867; S.1272), tiny official edge nick, an excellent coin, struck just off-centre on a full round flan, with a clear portrait and legends, good very fine, extremely rare Estimate £ 2,000-2,500 The second known example and a new moneyer for the type for Shaftesbury (c.f. BNJ 1962 p.75, Aldwine, in the National Museum of Wales ex Llantrithyd Treasure Trove)

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