Triton XX, Lot: 1552. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

NORMAN. William I 'the Conqueror'. 1066-1087. AR Penny (19mm, 1.36 g, 3h). Sword type (BMC vi). Sceftesbyrig (Shaftesbury) mint; Godsbrand, moneyer. Struck circa 1077-1080. + PILLELM REX, crowned facing bust, holding sword over right shoulder / + GODBRII(ND) ON SH, cross pattée; all over quadrilateral, with incurved sides and fleur in each quarter. SCBI –; BMC –; EMC 1200.0592 (same rev. die); North 846; SCBC 1255. Good VF, toned. Very rare.

From the G. W. Trow Collection. Ex M. Rasmussen FPL 17 (Summer 2009), no. 195.