Triton XV, Lot: 1893. Estimate $500. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

NORMAN. Stephen. 1135-1154. Cut AR Halfpenny (20mm, 0.56 g, 4h). Watford type (BMC i). Northwic (Norwich) mint; Aelfric, moneyer. Struck circa 1136-1145. + STIE[FNE : R], crowned bust right, [holding scepter] / + E[LFRIC : ON :] NOR:, cross moline, with inward-facing fleur in each quarter. Mack type 24; SCBI; BMC -; North 873; SCBC 1278. Near VF, toned. Struck from locally cut dies, and one of six examples known–three in the Wicklewood (Norfolk) Hoard, one noted in Archibald, and one struck in lead. Extremely rare.

From the Marshall Faintich Collection.