Triton XIV, Lot: 1646. Estimate $5000. Sold for $35000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

NORMAN, Civil War. Stephen and Queen Matilda. Circa 1141. AR Penny (20mm, 1.12 g, 6h). York mint. + STI[E]FNER, Stephen and Matilda standing, vis-à-vis, supporting between them a long scepter fleury / Cross fleury over saltire pommée, annulets in field, legend of ornaments. Mack 220; Boon 35; SCBI 12 (Ashmoleon) 282-4; BMC 261-3; North 922; SCBC 1315. VF, toned, minor edge chip, circular crack along border at 4-6 o’clock on obverse. Very rare.