Triton XX, Lot: 1551. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

NORMAN. William I 'the Conqueror'. 1066-1087. AR Penny (19mm, 1.21 g, 12h). Sword type (BMC vi). Northwic (Norwich) mint; Godwine, moneyer. Struck circa 1077-1080. + PILLELM EX, crowned facing bust, holding sword over right shoulder / + GODPINE ONOÐRI, cross pattée; all over quadrilateral, with incurved sides and fleur in each quarter. SCBI –; BMC –; EMC –; North 846; SCBC 1255. Good VF, legend weak in part. An imposing portrait of the king. Very rare.

From the Kallman Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Inventory 904144 (August 2011).