Auction Catalogue

10 December 2009

Starting at 10:00 AM

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British and World Coins, Commemorative Medals, Numismatic Books

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 146

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10 December 2009

Hammer Price:
£1,350

Henry I (1100-1135), Penny, Small Profile type, Hastings, Boniface, BONIFACE ON HA:, 1.29g/5h (Harris –; HHK –; BMC –; N 868; S 1273). Reverse slightly double-struck, otherwise nearly very fine with a clear portrait, exceedingly rare, this type not published for the mint £1,000-1,200

King and later Harris list Boniface as a moneyer at Hastings in types 10 and 14. That a specimen of type 12 should turn up is therefore not totally unexpected