Triton XXII, Lot: 1393. Estimate $3000. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

NORMAN. William I 'the Conqueror'. 1066-1087. AR Penny (17mm, 1.31 g, 3h). Bonnet type (BMC ii). Warwick mint; Thorketill, moneyer. Struck circa 1068-1070. + PILLEMV REXI, crowned facing bust / + ÐVRCIL ON PEPINE, voided cross with annulet in center, pellet between crescents at end of limbs; pile in angles. SCBI 30 (American), 686 (this coin); BMC –; North 842; SCBC 1251. EF, glossy gray toning with golden highlights, slightly irregular shaped flan. Well struck. Extremely rare – the only example of this type recorded for Warwick.

Ex John Dresser Collection (Stack’s, 4 May 1995), lot 2230; Raymond Carlyon Carlyon-Britton Collection (Seaby Coin and Medal Bulletin 372 [May 1949]), no. 7176.