Triton XVII, Lot: 1434. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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NORMAN. William I 'the Conqueror'. 1066-1087. AR Penny (19mm, 1.34 g, 6h). Paxs type (BMC viii). Leigeceaster (Chester) mint; Sunoulf, moneyer. Struck circa 1083-1086. + PILLELM REX II, crowned facing bust, holding lis-tipped scepter in left hand; trefoil on right shoulder / + SIINOIILF ON LECI, cross pattée; letters of P A X S in annulets within quarters. SCBI –; BMC 592 (same rev. die); North 848; SCBC 1257. EF, toned. Well struck.
Ex Dr. William H. Allen Collection (Triton V, 5 December 2000), lot 962.