CNG 105, Lot: 1209. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

NORMAN, Civil War. nomine Stephen. Circa 1135-1141. AR Penny (17mm, 1.03 g, 3h). Watford type variety, ‘Midland and South-Western group’ (BMC i [var.]/Mack A). Uncertain mint and moneyer. [+ STI]EFNE, crowned bust right; rosette to right / [ ... ]D : O[ ... ], cross potent, with pellet-in-annulet at center and mullet in each quarter. Cf. Mack 181–3; SCBI –; North 887; SCBC 1293. Near VF, toned, a few scrapes. Extremely rare.

Ex Marshall Faintich Collection (Triton XV, 3 January 2012), lot 1901; St. James’s 3 (2 October 2005), lot 150; found in Winchester, 1993.