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LOT 2232
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
English Norman Coins - Henry I - Canterbury / Gregori - Facing Bust Penny 1117 A.D.
BMC type 10. Obv: facing bust with HENRICVS REX A[N?] legend. Rev: cross fleury with annulet centre and +GREGORI:ON:CAN: legend for the moneyer Gregori at Canterbury mint. 1.38 grams.
Good very fine for issue; small official nick at edge at 1 o'clock. Very rare; new moneyer for the type.
PROVENANCE:
Found near Monkton, Kent, 2022, recorded with Early Medieval Corpus, reference 2023.0010.
Property of a Kent gentleman.
PUBLISHED:
See Early Medieval Corpus, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, reference 2023.0010 (this coin).
LITERATURE:
S. 1271; N. 866.
FOOTNOTES:
Coins of types 12, 13 and 14 are previously recorded for this moneyer but this is the first known example for type 10. A feature of many coins of Henry I is the appearance of a small nick or cut to the edge of the coin, as seen here; this was done at the mint itself after striking due to a public lack of confidence in the coinage in general, to show that the coin was struck in good silver.
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