CNG 102, Lot: 1501. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

NORMAN. William II Rufus. 1087-1100. AR Penny (20mm, 1.15 g, 3h). Cross in Quatrefoil type (BMC ii). Shaftesbury mint; Æthelnoth, moneyer. Struck circa 1068-1070. Crowned facing bust / + IEINOÐ ON SCIEI, voided cross with annulet in center, pellet between crescents at end of limbs; pile in angles. SCBI–; BMC–; EMC –; North 852; SCBC 1259. Fine, a few peck marks. Extremely rare – an unrecorded moneyer for this issue at a rare mint for this reign.

From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind.