Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 1659. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

NORMAN. William I 'the Conqueror'. 1066-1087. AR Penny (1.39 g, 6h). Sword type (BMC VI). Winchester mint; Æstan, moneyer. Struck circa 1077-1080. +PILLELM REX I, crowned facing bust, holding sword in right hand / +IESTII ON PINC, long cross pattée over quadrilateral with incurved sides and fleurs at angles. SCBI 42 (South-Eastern), 1758 (same dies); BMC 441-2 var. (spelling of moneyer); North 846; SCBC 1255. Good VF, toned, die break and a couple light scratches on obverse. Very rare.