305, Lot: 451. Estimate $500. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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NORMAN. William I 'the Conqueror'. 1066-1087. AR Penny (20mm, 1.37 g, 9h). Paxs type (BMC viii). Leicester mint; Godric, moneyer. Struck circa 1083-1086. [+] PILLELM REX, crowned bust facing, holding scepter / + GODRIC O[N] LEHRE, cross pattée; letters of P Λ X S in annulets within quarters. SCBI 20 (Mack) 1430 (same rev. die); BMC 734 (same rev. die); North 850; SCBC 1257. VF, toned, weakly struck in areas. Rare mint.
From the William W. N. Clarke Collection. Ex Baldwin’s 38 (4 October 2004), lot 162 (from the stock of Patrick Finn).