Rare PERERIC Issue

CNG 87, Lot: 2086. Estimate $4000. Sold for $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

NORMAN. Stephen or Matilda. 1135-1154 or 1141. AR Penny (20mm, 1.39 g, 3h). Cross moline (Watford) type (BMC i [var]). Lincoln mint; Rawulf, moneyer. Struck circa 1141. [+ PER]ERIC, crowned bust right, holding scepter / + RA[PVLF ON] : NICO :, cross moline; lis in quarters. Mack 45; Mossop pl. LXXXVI, 26 (dies E/e); SCBI ; North 928; SCBC 1279. VF, lightly toned, usual areas of flat strike. Very rare.

For a full discussion of this issue, and its probable attribution to Empress Matilda, see M. Archibald, “Dating Stephen's first type,” BNJ 61 (1991), pp. 9-22, esp. 15-6.