NORMAN. Henry I. 1100-1135. AR Penny (19mm, 1.39 g, 3h). Star in Lozenge Fleury type (BMC xiii). London mint; Raulf, moneyer. Struck circa 1121. Crowned bust left, holding sceptre / + RAPVL[F : O]N • LVNDE :, lozenge with incurved sides; star at centre, fleur at each end, and trefoil in each quarter. SCBI 11 (Reading), 211 (same dies); BMC 93 (same dies); North 869; SCBC 1274. Toned, weakly struck on king’s shoulder and corresponding part of reverse. Good VF. Exceptional metal and a strong portrait.
Ex Classical Numismatic Review XLIV.2 (Summer 2019) no. 518320; M. Lessen Collection (Dix Noonan Webb 159, 3 July 2019), lot 406; Henry Symonds Collection (Glendining’s, 26 September 1973), lot 51.
