Pedigreed to 1910

5697312.

SOLD $1850

NORMAN. William I 'the Conqueror'. 1066-1087. AR Penny (20mm, 1.31 g, 9h). Two Stars type (BMC v). Norwich mint; Godwine, moneyer. Struck circa 1074-1077. Crowned facing bust; stars flanking, pellet to left / + GODPINE O NORÐP, cross botonnée with central annulet over quadrilateral with incurved sides. SCBI 20 (Mack), 1383 (this coin); BMC –; North 845; SCBC 1254. Holed and skillfully plugged (evident in the 1913 photo). Some perforations. Toned. VF.

Ex Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection, purchased from Spink, 10 December 1976; R.P. Mack Collection (Part I, Glendining, 18 November 1975), lot 232; R.C. Lockett Collection (Part III, Glendining, 4 November 1958), lot 2865 (part of); P.W.P. Carlyon-Britton Collection (Part I, Sotheby, Wilkinson, & Hodge, 17 November 1913), lot 709; J.E. Brown Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson, & Hodge, 14 November 1910), lot 82 (part of).