Triton XV, Lot: 1870. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

NORMAN. William II Rufus. 1087-1100. AR Penny (20mm, 1.36 g, 12h). Cross in Quatrefoil type (BMC ii). Haestingas (Hastings) mint; Godric, moneyer. Struck circa 1089-1092. + PILLELM REX, crowned facing bust, holding sword / + GODRIC ON HIEST (S sideways), small cross pattée within quatrefoil; pellet in each quarter. SCBI 42 (South-Eastern), 1886 (same dies); BMC 91; North 852; SCBC 1259. Good VF, toned, some obverse die rust. Rare.

From the Marshall Faintich Collection (purchased privately from Wolfshead Gallery, 3 April 2005).