Henry I Silver Penny
Pellets in Quatrefoil
Wulfweard/Wulfward on London
1.39g 18.6mm
Spink - 1275
North - 870
Obverse:
HENRICVS [REX]. Facing crowned bust, sceptre in right hand, star to left.
Reverse:
PVLFPA[RD] ON LVND. Quatrefoil with star in centre and pellets on limbs, four lis around.
Very fine, toned and rare. Allen dies Aa, with just three examples known: a find from St Paul’s Church, Winchester in 1972 (EMC 1977.0219); an example in the D. Walker collection, illustrated by Allen (number 443); and the Carlyon-Britton example (number 442), which is almost certainly this coin.
From the J. C. Rowell Collection [bt Sovereign Rarities, February 2021 - EM17052]
Almost certainly:
Ex Major Carlyon-Britton Collection, Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge Auction, 20 November 1916 - Lot 1387 (part) - "London, obv. hENRICVS - - - (initial, cross omitted); rev. + PVLFRAV - - :ON:LVND: well preserved, scarce."
Ex A. H. Baldwin, April 1902
Ex Bournemouth Hoard (Found 1901)
Listed in:
M. Allen (2009) ‘Henry I type 14’ British Numismatic Journal, Volume 79, p. 130 - No. 442 (This coin)
P. W. P. Carlyon-Britton (1927), ‘Some coins of Henry I’ British Numismatic Journal, Volume 19, p. 99 - "Y hENRICVS [REX] + PVLFRA[VEN ?]: ON : LVND :" (This coin)
Data sheet
Specific References
Henry I Silver Penny
Pellets in Quatrefoil
Wulfweard/Wulfward on London
1.39g 18.6mm
Spink - 1275
North - 870
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