Henry I 'Pellets in Quatrefoil' Silver Penny
Henry I Silver Penny
Pellets in Quatrefoil
Engelram on Winchester
1.40g 19.5mm
Spink - 1275
North - 870
Obverse:
HEN[RICV]S R. Facing crowned bust, sceptre in right hand, star to left.
Reverse:
HENGELRA[M ON PINCE]. Quatrefoil with star in centre and pellets on limbs, four lis around.
Very fine, toned and very rare.
Ex Bonhams Auction, 22 Nov 2017 - Lot 299
Ex Lord Stewartby Collection, Spink Auction 22 Mar 2016 - Lot 353 [bt 10 Nov 1964]
Ex N. J. Ebsworth Collection
Ex H. G. C. Day Collection [1962]
Suggested by Allen as possibly;
Ex G. Drabble Collection, Glendining Auction, 4 July 1939 - Lot 673 (Part)
Ex Major Carlyon-Britton Collection (A coin with legend reading +hENGELRA[M : ON : PIN] is listed as one of the 30 Winchester coins published in P. W. P. Carlyon-Britton (1927), ‘Some coins of Henry I’ British Numismatic Journal, Volume 19, Page 105)
Ex Bournemouth Hoard (Found 1901)
Published in:
M. Allen (2009) ‘Henry I type 14’ British Numismatic Journal, Volume 79, Plate 12 - No. 885 (This coin)
M. Biddle, Y. Harvey (2012) 'The Winchester Mint and Coins and Related Finds from the Excavations of 1961-71' Winchester Studies 8, Oxford University Press, Page 440-1, Plate 85 - No. 2236a (This coin)
Data sheet
- Metal
- Silver
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