Auction: 4018 - The Coinex Auction
Lot: 406
Henry I, Penny, 1.44g., type XIV, Lincoln, Wufiet, crowned and diademed bust facing, holding sceptre, he[nricvs] r, rev. quatrefoil with star in centre and pellets on limbs, pvfit:o[n:nicol]e: (BMC -; Mossop 23 ('moneyer not known' (same obv. die)); N.870; S.1275), weakly struck on legends, otherwise in mint state, with an excellent portrait, very fine or better, rare Estimate £ 300-400
Only one Lincoln penny of type XIV (Beauvais Hoard, lot 23 (Haemund)), has appeared at auction over the last forty years. Five moneyers are now known - BMC 136 (Godric) and ex Lincoln hoard (Guthred, Haemund, Ulf and Wufiet)
Sold for
£460