Details
LOT 3302
England. Norman, Henry I AR Penny. 1100-1135.
Chester mint; Cristret moneyer. Facing Bust/Cross Fleury type (BMX x). Struck 1124-1125. ✠ [ҺE]NRICVS REX A, crowned and diademed facing bust / ✠ CRISTRET • ON • LE, cross fleurée, with annulet at centre. North 866; SCBC 1271. Near Very Fine. Test cut at 7h. Extremely rare mint and moneyer; only one other example for this moneyer in Henry Type 10 on EMC/SCBI.(1.33gr, 18mm, 11h.).
Provenance
Found near Halstead, Essex, on 15 August 2024.
Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.ESS-95C84F.
Recorded with the Early Medieval Corpus (EMC) at the Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge with reference no.EMC 2024.0276.
Footnotes
The mint name appears on the reverse as 'LE', which is the abbreviation of the Anglo-Saxon name of Chester, Legaceaster.
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