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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;FitzNigel, post: 7515793, member: 74712&quot;]Welcome [USER=120184]@malinkyhoy[/USER]!&nbsp; Interesting coins.&nbsp; The Scandinavians tended to copy English coins, but that was mostly during the reign of Æthelred II when loads of his coins were paid as Danegeld.&nbsp; Henry I seems a bit too late (and his coins were such a poor quality, I don’t know why anyone would copy them).&nbsp; Do you know where the coin was found?&nbsp; Size and weight?</p><p><br /></p><p>here’s my only Henry I:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1298397[/ATTACH] England</p><p>Henry I, r. 1100-1135 (1125-1135)</p><p>Bury St. Edmunds Mint, AR Penny, 17.16 mm x 0.8 grams</p><p>Obv.: +hEN[R]I[CVS].&nbsp; Bust facing crowned and diademed, head three-quarters left, sceptre in right hand</p><p>Rev.: [+]G[ILEBE]RT [:ON] :E[DM]N. Quadrilateral with incurved sides and lis at each angle over cross fleury</p><p>Ref.: North 871, SCBC 1276, De Wit 3186[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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