NORMAN. Stephen. 1135-1154. AR Penny (20mm, 1.48 g, 3h). Cross Moline ('Watford') type (BMC i). Gloucester mint; Gilbert, moneyer. Struck circa 1136-1145. Crowned bust right, holding lis-tipped scepter / [+ P]IBERT : ON : GO[PE], cross moline. Mack 14d; SCBI 19 (Bristol & Glocuester), 151 (same dies); North 873; SCBC 1278. Old collection toning. Good VF.
Ex Davissons 40 (3 March 2021), lot 141; Marshall (Spink 167, 31 March 2004), lot 72; Spink Numismatic Circular List 7 (July 1944), no. 26143; Lord Grantley (Part IV, Glendining, 20 April 1944), lot 1286 (illustrated); E.W. Rashleigh (Sotheby, Wilkinson, & Hodge, 12 June 1909), lot 508 (illustrated).
