Circa 1119 AD. Smaller profile. Obv: profile bust with rosette in front and +HENRICV[ ] legend. Rev: cross with annulet and pellet in angles with +ASCH[ ]LONT[ ] legend for the moneyer Aschetil at Thetford mint. The edge officially snicked at 5 o'clock. About as struck with surface crack to reverse, some flatness to legends, a small edge chip at the snick position and a good bust. Extremely rare and the first recorded coin of this type for Thetford.

PROVENANCE:
Found Lakenheath, Suffolk, 2010.

LITERATURE:
S. 1273; N. 868. See EMC 2010.0335 (this coin).