345, Lot: 684. Estimate $300. Sold for $700. 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). Wincaestre (Winchester) mint; Æthelstan, moneyer. Struck circa 1083-1086. Crowned facing bust, holding cruciform scepter; trefoil to left / Cross pattée; letters of P A X S in annulets within quarters. Harvey 2004 (dies C/d); SCBI 12 (Oxford), 163; SCBI 26 (Ipswich), 1401; SCBI 36 (Berlin), 901; SCBI 42 (Winchester), 1865 (all from same obv. die); BMC 1070 (same dies); North 848; SCBC 1257. VF, toned.

From the Michael Joffre Collection.