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Henry I (1100-35), Penny, 'Pellet in Quatrefoil' type, Colchester, Goldhafoc, 1.26g, 8h, bust A, Crown 2, rev. + GOLDHAVEC : ON COL : (Allen [2009], no. 100 and plate 2 this coin; BMC XIV; S.1275), striking softness across portrait, otherwise toned, fine, rare with only five coins recorded in Allen's corpus and only two from these dies.
Provenance
The Isladulcie Collection of Medieval Pennies and Fractions
Purchased Moore Antiques, ref. E3023, 18 February 2008
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Following the Assizes of 1124/25 a systematic cull of moneyers and mints is witnessed across English Coinage. Allen's 2009 article, following on from J D Gomm's analysis, documents at least 100 names (out of 141) that do not reappear as a moneyer for the BMC type 15 coinage at the same mint. Accounting for natural resignations, the redistribution of mint officials and reorganisation of functioning mints it is estimated that some 58 to 78 individuals lost their jobs as a result of the assizes. Goldhafoc is one such individual who does not reappear at Colchester owing to the mint ceasing operation. Since publication, an example of a BMC XII coin for Goldhafoc at Colchester has been recorded, so it is evident that Goldhafoc was not merely an itinerant official caught up in the immediate fallout of the 1124/25 assize. This may also be a subsequent explanation for the moneyer of the same name appearing at the Canterbury mint workshop for the Tealby coinage of Henry II a few decades later.
Estimate: £300 - £400
Provenance
The Isladulcie Collection of Medieval Pennies and Fractions
Purchased Moore Antiques, ref. E3023, 18 February 2008
, ,
Following the Assizes of 1124/25 a systematic cull of moneyers and mints is witnessed across English Coinage. Allen's 2009 article, following on from J D Gomm's analysis, documents at least 100 names (out of 141) that do not reappear as a moneyer for the BMC type 15 coinage at the same mint. Accounting for natural resignations, the redistribution of mint officials and reorganisation of functioning mints it is estimated that some 58 to 78 individuals lost their jobs as a result of the assizes. Goldhafoc is one such individual who does not reappear at Colchester owing to the mint ceasing operation. Since publication, an example of a BMC XII coin for Goldhafoc at Colchester has been recorded, so it is evident that Goldhafoc was not merely an itinerant official caught up in the immediate fallout of the 1124/25 assize. This may also be a subsequent explanation for the moneyer of the same name appearing at the Canterbury mint workshop for the Tealby coinage of Henry II a few decades later.
Estimate: £300 - £400