Extremely Rare Type for Shaftesbury

CNG 99, Lot: 1230. Estimate $5000. Sold for $5000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

NORMAN. William II Rufus. 1087-1100. AR Penny (21.5mm, 1.37 g, 12h). Cross Pattée and Fleurée type (BMC iv). Sceftesbyrig (Shaftesbury) mint; Baldwin, moneyer. Struck circa 1095-1098. + PILLELM ·I, crowned facing bust, holding sword / [+ BA]LDEPI(NE) ON · SC, cross pattée over cross fleurée in saltire. SCBI 11 (Stockholm), 235 (same dies); BMC –; North 855; SCBC 1261. Good VF, lightly toned, areas of weakness in legends. Extremely rare – the second known and the only example of this type for Shaftesbury in private hands.