Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1769. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Stephen. 1135-1154. AR Penny (1.34 gm, 10h). Cross and Piles type, circa 1150-1154. Castle Rising mint; Rodbert, moneyer. +STIEFNE, crowned bust facing left, holding sceptre with lis / +RODBRET:O[N:RIS], cross fleury with pyramid and trefoil in each angle. Mack, Stephen 81; SCBI 53 (Scottish), 322; BMC 180; North 879; SCBC 1281. Good VF, usual crude strike, iridescent patina. Extremely rare mint. ($1500)