431, Lot: 546. Estimate $500. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

NORMAN. William I 'the Conqueror'. 1066-1087. AR Penny (19mm, 1.37 g, 3h). Paxs type (BMC viii). Southwark mint; Osmund, moneyer. Struck circa 1083-1086. Crowned facing bust, holding scepter; trefoil on shoulder / + OSMIIND ON SIIÐI, cross pattée; letters of P A X S in annulets within quarters. SCBI –; BMC 976 var. (arrangement of PAXS); North 850; SCBC 1257. EF, toned. Well struck.

From the WRG Collection, purchased from William B. Porter, April 1991.