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Henry I (1100-1135), BRITISH COINS, Henry I (1100-1135), Penny, Annulets and Piles type, mint and moneyer uncertain, pie[ – ]ntan on s, 1.25g/9h (Allen, BNJ 2012, –; N 860; S 1265). Nearly very fine, a new moneyer and presumably UNIQUE £800-1,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, British Coins from the Collection formed by Steve Clarke.

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Eight mints beginning with the letter S operated during Henry’s reign - Salisbury, Sandwich, Shaftesbury, Shrewsbury, Southwark, Stafford, Stamford and Sudbury. Of those, all but Stafford and Sudbury are known to have issued coins of type 4, mostly extremely rare. A type 4 cut Halfpenny reading [ – ]nstan on [ – ] is recorded in Coin Register 2014, 94