285, Lot: 498. Estimate $750. Sold for $620. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

NORMAN. William I 'the Conqueror'. 1066-1087. AR Penny (19mm, 1.66 g, 12h). Paxs type (BMC viii). Colchester mint; Wulfric, moneyer. Struck circa 1083-1086. + PIL[L]ELM REX, crowned facing bust, holding scepter / + PVLFRIC ON COLC, cross pattée; letters of P A X S in annulets within quarters. SCBI 11a (Reading), 198 (same obv. die); SCBI 16 (Norweb), 239 (same obv. die); SCBI 20 (Mack), 1414 (same dies); BMC 621 (same rev. die); North 848; SCBC 1257. Good VF, toned, die shift on the obverse.