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LOT 117

Norman Henry I - Salisbury / Sawulf - Pointing Bust and Stars Cut Halfpenny

Circa 1107 AD, BMC type vi. Obv: crowned bust three quarters right with sceptre and three stars in field with +HEN[RIC REX] legend. Rev: cross pattee over saltire with annulets at the end of each limb and star in angles with +SAP[ ]SAL legend for the moneyer Sawulf at Salisbury mint. Extremely fine. The moneyer apparently unrecorded for Salisbury.(0.62 grams.).

Provenance

Found Stowmarket, Suffolk, 2008; recorded in Early Medieval Corpus, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.

Literature

S. 1267; N. 862; see EMC 2008.0412 (this coin).

Footnotes

The three stars that are depicted are said to represent comets associated with Norman victories.

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LOT 117

Norman Henry I - Salisbury / Sawulf - Pointing Bust and Stars Cut Halfpenny

Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,331

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