341, Lot: 626. Estimate $300. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

NORMAN. William I 'the Conqueror'. 1066-1087. AR Penny (19mm, 1.38 g, 12h). Paxs type (BMC viii). Lincolne (Lincoln) mint; Sigeferth, moneyer. Struck circa 1083-1086. + PILLEM REX, crowned facing bust, holding cross-tipped scepter; trefoil on shoulder / + SIFREÐ ON LINCO ·, cross pattée; letters of P A X S in annulets within quarters. SCBI 42 (Southeastern), 1829 var. (rev. legend); BMC 748/749 (obv./rev.); North 848; SCBC 1257. VF, toned.

From the J. Herbert Collection. Ex Historical Coin Review XII.4 (June/July 1987), no. 238.