Henry I Silver Penny
Pellets in Quatrefoil
Osbern on Dorchester
1.36g 20.2mm
Spink - 1275
North - 870
Obverse:
HE[NRIC]VS RE. Facing crowned bust, sceptre in right hand, star to left.
Reverse:
OSBER ON DORECE. Quatrefoil with star in centre and pellets on limbs, four lis around.
Obverse slightly double struck otherwise very fine, toned and very rare. No examples of this moneyer for this type listed in SCBI and just one example on the EMC database, struck from the same reverse die, number 1993.0247. Allen dies Aa.
Ex H.W. Taffs Collection, Glendining Auction, 21 Nov 1956 - Lot 128
Ex Bournemouth hoard (Found c.1901)
This coin listed in:
M. Allen, (2009) ‘Henry I type 14’, British Numismatic Journal, Volume 79, Page 109 - No. 110 (This coin)
H. W. Taffs (1951) ‘Coins of Henry I from the Bournemouth district’, British Numismatic Journal - Volume 26, Page 347 - No. 3 (This coin)
also mentioned in:
Stewart, I. (1977) 'The Bournemouth Find (c. 1901) of Coins of Henry I', The Numismatic Chronicle, 17 (137), Page 180.
Data sheet
Specific References
Henry I Silver Penny
Pellets in Quatrefoil
Osbern on Dorchester
1.36g 20.2mm
Spink - 1275
North - 870
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