283, Lot: 491. Estimate $1000. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

NORMAN. William I 'the Conqueror'. 1066-1087. AR Penny (19mm, 1.28 g, 6h). Bonnet type (BMC ii). Lincolne (Lincoln) mint; Authgrimr, moneyer. Struck circa 1068-1070. + PILLEMV REX, crowned facing bust / + OVÐGRIM ON LINC, voided cross, with annulet at center and pellet-between-crescents at each limb; pile surmounted by pellet in each quarter. Mossop pl. LXXXI, 12 (dies A/b) = BMC 96; SCBI 27 (Yorkshire), 817 (same obv. die); North 842; SCBC 1251. VF, toned. Rare.

Ex Andrew Wayne Collection (purchased privately from Spink).