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Auction: 1009 - Ancient, English & Foreign Coins, Commemorative Medals & Numismatic Books
Lot: 20

Henry I (1100-1135), Penny, 1.16g, type XIII, Bury St Edmunds, Godric, crowned bust left holding sceptre, rev. quadrilateral with uncurved sides with star at centre, fleur on each angle, trefoil of three pellets between, +godric.on.san [..] (Eaglen 11, dies Ab; N.869; S.1274), as found surfaces, fine / good fine, very rare Estimate £ 500-600 provenance Dr. RJ Eaglen collection of coins of the Bury St Edmund´s mint, DNW, 28 September, 2006, lot 362 Bt. Baldwins, July 1990 With tickets. Eaglen recorded forty coins of Henry I for the Bury St. Edmunds mint with only five examples of Type XIII, of which four are by Godric. This coin is the only example with this die combination, with the obverse die link conclusively indicating the mint for this coin is Bury St. Edmunds rather than Sandwich.

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