Two Exceptional William I Pennies

Triton XVII, Lot: 1433. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

NORMAN. William I 'the Conqueror'. 1066-1087. AR Penny (19mm, 1.38 g, 12h). Sword type (BMC vi). Winceastre (Winchester) mint; Leofweald, moneyer. Struck 1077-1080. + PILLELM REX, crowned facing bust, holding sword over right shoulder / + LOFOLD ON PINCSI, cross pattée; all over quadrilateral, with incurved sides and fleur in each quarter. Harvey 1975-7 var. (unlisted dies); SCBI 21 (Yorkshire), M150; BMC –; North 846; SCBC 1255. Superb EF, toned.

Ex Michael G. Grover Collection (Dix, Noonan, Webb 79, 24 September 2008), lot 3436.