Obverse:

HENRICVS REX ANG. Facing crowned and diademed bust.

Reverse:

BVREHART ON TET. Cross fleury with annulet centre.

Official edge snick, scratched to the reverse otherwise good fine, toned and extremely rare with only 1 other example on EMC/SCBI. Excellent provenance.

Ex SNC, Sep 1985 - No. 5779

Ex R.P. Mack Collection, Sylloge 1537

Ex SNC, May-Jun 1917 - No. 52778, "Unpublished, RR, fine."

Ex Carlyon-Britton Collection, Sotheby's Auction, 20 Nov 1916 - Lot 1352 - "Fine and extremely rare, unpublished. This coin clearly assigns the moneyer Burehart to Thetford; previously, in Mr. Andrew's work, his provenance was not ascertained owing to the illegibility of the mint-name on the then known coins bearing his name."

Ex E.W. Rashleigh Collection, Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge Auction, 21 Jun 1909 - Lot 465 - "Fine, an extremely rare type. This coin establishes the mint for this moneyer"

Published in R.P. Mack "Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles 20 - R.P. Mack Collection" Oxford University Press (1973) Plate LII - No 1537 and page xiv

"Certain coins in the collection call for more comment than can be included in the text facing the plates.... 1537 - Henry I type 11 (BMC 10) Thetford mint. This is from the same rev. die as the Hunter mule of BMC, types xi/x, BMC pl. clii. 5. Rust marks are visible in the field of the reverse of the mule which had not appeared on the die when this coin was struck."