Two Rare Issues of William II Rufus

Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 2161. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $2450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

NORMAN. William II Rufus. 1087-1100. AR Penny (1.30 g, 11h). Profile type (BMC I). Thetford mint; Folcærd, moneyer. Struck 1086-1089. + PILLELM REX (MR ligate), crowned bust right, holding sword / + FOCIERD ON ÐTFR, cross pattée over cross fleury with annulet at center. Carson 2; SCBI 11a (Reading), 172 var. (rev. legend); BMC -; North 851; SCBC 1258. VF, toned, areas of flat strike.

From the Ross Schraeder Collection.