CNG 109, Lot: 886. Estimate $750. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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NORMAN. William I 'the Conqueror'. 1066-1087. AR Penny (19mm, 1.38 g, 12h). Paxs type (BMC viii). Gloucester mint; Beorhtnoth, moneyer. Struck circa 1083-1086. + PILLEL(M R)EX, crowned facing bust, holding lis-tipped scepter in left hand; trefoil on right shoulder / + BRIHTOÐ ON GLEPE, cross pattée; letters of P A X S in annulets within quarters. SCBI 19 (Bristol & Gloucester), 120 (same dies); BMC 678 (same obv. die); North 848; SCBC 1257. VF, toned.