A New Type for Stephen

435, Lot: 600. Estimate $150. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

NORMAN. Stephen. 1135-1154. Cut AR Halfpenny (17mm, 0.56 g). Nottingham mint(?); uncertain moneyer. [...]TIFEИ[...], crowned facing bust / +E[L?...]NO, short cross voided over quadrilateral with annulets at angles. EMC 2008.0255 = Coin Register 2009, 433 (this coin), otherwise unpublished. Near VF, toned. Unique.

From the Londinium Collection. Found near Newark, Nottinghamshire, by 2008.