365, Lot: 519. Estimate $750. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

NORMAN. William I 'the Conqueror'. 1066-1087. AR Penny (20mm, 1.33 g, 12h). Paxs type (BMC viii). Sceftesbyrig (Shaftesbury) mint; Ælfnoth, moneyer. Struck circa 1083-1086. + PILLELM REX, crowned facing bust, holding lis-tipped scepter in left hand; trefoil on right shoulder / + IELNOÐ ON SIECF, cross pattée; letters of P A X S in annulets within quarters. SCBI 53 (Scottish), 156 var. (spelling of mint; same obv. die); BMC 920; EMC –; North 848; SCBC 1257. Good VF, attractively toned.