Henry I cut Halfpenny, Pointing Bust & Stars type, London, Aelfwine, ex Lessen and English Doctor Small corrosion spot on reverse

Small corrosion spot on reverse otherwise lustrous mint state

2h (Bodenstedt 77)

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two diademed heads face to face

Henry I cut Halfpenny, Pointing Bust & Stars type, London, Aelfwine, ex Lessen and English Doctor Small corrosion spot on reverseHenry I (1100 35), silver cut Halfpenny, pointing bust and stars type (c. 1107), London Mint, Moneyer Aelfwi, top half of the pointing bust with upper star apparent, legend reads +hENRI RE, rev. half apparent cross pattee over saltire with annulets, start and finish of legend, +ALI NDE, weight 0. 63g (BMC type VI; Allen, BNJ 2012, p. 93; N. 861; S. 1266). Dark tone, a bold very fine, reverse design double struck.