NORMAN. Henry I. 1100-1135. AR Penny (20mm, 1.30 g, 3h). Double Inscription type (BMX xi). London mint; Sperling, moneyer. Struck circa 1115. Crowned and draped bust left, holding cross-tipped scepter; two quatrefoils to left / + [S P]E RL IG/ON LVND, small cross pattée; quatefoils-in-annulets in outer legend. BMC –; North 867; SCBC 1272. Toned, flat strike on obverse, edge splits and official edge snick. Fine. Clear mint and moneyer's name.
From the Allan Williams Collection. Ex William H. Pheatt Collection (Buckland, Dix, & Wood 11, 21 March 1995), lot 686; Glendining's (9 July 1986), lot 276; H.A. Parsons (Part II, Glendining's, 11 May 1954), lot 244.