Coins and Historical Medals

Henry I (1100-1135), Penny, Pellets in Quatrefoil type [BMC XIV], Durant, dvrant : on : carli :, 1.32g/11h (Mattinson and Cherry, BNJ 2013, p.101, fig. 1, this coin; Allen, BNJ 2012, p.87; BMC 116; N 870; S 1275). Lightly creased and small crack (or snick?) at 11 o’clock, otherwise well struck on a round flan, very fine and toned, excessively rare £1,200-£1,500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Coins of the Carlisle Mint from the John Mattinson Collection.

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Provenance: P.W.P. Carlyon-Britton Collection, Part II, Sotheby Auction, 20-4 November 1916, lot 1366; F. Elmore Jones Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction, 10 April 1984, lot 1364.

This is the first type to be minted at Carlisle after the opening of the mint c. 1123. Durant minted at Carlisle and possibly at Edinburgh, where a Derind minted for David. Probably one of only two known specimens, the other is in the British Museum