Triton XX, Lot: 1555. Estimate $1000. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

NORMAN. William I 'the Conqueror'. 1066-1087. AR Penny (19.5mm, 1.39 g, 12h). Paxs type (BMC viii). Wincaestre (Winchester) mint; Loefing, moneyer. Struck circa 1083-1087. + PILLEL(M R)EX, crowned facing bust, holding lis-tipped scepter in left hand; trefoil on right shoulder / + LIFIC ON PINCSTI, cross pattée; letters of P A X S in annulets within quarters. Harvey 2042 (dies B/b); SCBI 18 (Copenhagen), 1363 var. (rev. legend); BMC 1096; North 850; SCBC 1257. Near EF, toned, minor die break on reverse.

From the Dr. Patrick H. C. Tan Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Inventory 993942 (January 2015); Seaby Coin & Medal Bulletin 394 (March 1951), no. 3505.