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Electronic Auction 445  5 Jun 2019
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Lot 721

Estimate: 400 USD
Price realized: 650 USD
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NORMAN. Henry I. 1100-1135. AR Cut Halfpenny (10.5mm, 0.78 g, 3h). Large Profile/Cross and Annulets type (BMC viii). London mint; Wulf[...], moneyer. Struck circa 1113. Crowned bust left; [scepter before] / Cross pattée [with central annulet]; pellet-in-annulet in quarters. Pimprez 1 (this coin); North 864; SCBC 1269. Much as struck, lightly toned, weak in center with clear legends, small flan split. Very rare type.

Ex Spink 170 (6 October 2004), lot 387; 2002 Pimprez (Oise) Hoard.

This coin has the distinction of being the earliest English coin, as as well as the only cut halfpenny, in the Pimprez Hoard.
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