Rare York Local Issue

436, Lot: 1045. Estimate $750. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

NORMAN. Stephen. 1135-1154. AR Penny (19mm, 1.08 g, 8h). ‘Ornamental’ Group, type 1 (BMC i var.). York (Local) mint. Struck circa 1145-1149. Crowned bust right, holding lis-tipped scepter / + W[...]EGNOTOA, cross moline. EMC 2008.0325 = Coin Register 2009, no. 454 = Allen, York 4 (dies C/b; this coin); Mack 216; SCBI –; North 918; SCBC 1312. Near VF, toned, slightly wavy flan, flan crack. Rare.

From the Londinium Collection. Found near Diss, Norfolk by 2008.