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Auction 19026 - Catalog 259 29 Jan 2019
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(x) Henry I (1100-35), Halfpenny, 0.52g, Sandwich, Adalbot, + henr[...] rex, bust facing, rev. adalbot mon s, cross potent, pellets in angles (N.872; S.1277), officially incised, a small chip at 2 o'clock, otherwise nearly extremely fine, extremely rare, the only example known.
Provenance:
St James's auction 5, 27 September 2006, lot 123
W Conte collection
North notes round Halfpennies, all of this type, from six mints, Hereford, No (Norwich ?), Oxford, Wallingford, Winchester and York (North 872). This coin adds Sandwich to the list.
One other round Halfpenny is known, a curious mule, also by Adalbot at Sandwich, using this obverse die and a type IX, cross in quatrefoil, Penny reverse die (North 872/1).
'The knowledge of only a single obverse and reverse design type for the Henry I halfpence, their stylistic uniformity, and their extreme rarity, all point to an issue of limited duration.' Conte and Archibald, 'Five Round Halfpennies of Henry I' in SNC September 1990, pp. 232-236
Estimate: £3,000 - £4,000
Provenance:
St James's auction 5, 27 September 2006, lot 123
W Conte collection
North notes round Halfpennies, all of this type, from six mints, Hereford, No (Norwich ?), Oxford, Wallingford, Winchester and York (North 872). This coin adds Sandwich to the list.
One other round Halfpenny is known, a curious mule, also by Adalbot at Sandwich, using this obverse die and a type IX, cross in quatrefoil, Penny reverse die (North 872/1).
'The knowledge of only a single obverse and reverse design type for the Henry I halfpence, their stylistic uniformity, and their extreme rarity, all point to an issue of limited duration.' Conte and Archibald, 'Five Round Halfpennies of Henry I' in SNC September 1990, pp. 232-236
Estimate: £3,000 - £4,000