NORMAN. Stephen. 1135-1154. AR Penny (20.5mm, 1.35 g, 12h). Cross moline (Watford) type (BMC i). Warwick(?) mint; Eadræd, moneyer. Struck circa 1136-1145.

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NORMAN. Stephen. 1135-1154. AR Penny (20.5mm, 1.35 g, 12h). Cross moline (Watford) type (BMC i). Warwick(?) mint; Eadræd, moneyer. Struck circa 1136-1145. Crowned bust right, holding lis-tipped scepter / + E[...]ED : [O]N : [...]C :, cross moline. Cf. Mack 38a; EMC 2002.0143 = Coin Register 2002, 213 (this coin); North 873; SCBC 1278. Crack along inner circle. Find patina. Near VF. Bold portrait. Rare.

Ex Spink 170 (6 October 2004), lot 500. Found near Barton Hill, Bedfordshire, circa 1995.

As noted in the Spink catalog, “[t]he obverse of this coin appears to be of local workmanship. The portrait is of an unusual, slightly derivative style, and the reading stief rex is not one of the eight variants of the king's title recorded by Mack (BNJ 1966, p.40). The reverse legend is possibly e[dre]d:on:[parpi]c, but remains uncertain.” In his study of the Anglo-Saxon and Norman mint at Warwick in BNJ 1965, N. J. Ebsworth only records two examples from this moneyer, neither of which exhibit these legends.

Closing Date and Time: 26 August 2020 at 14:17:40 ET.

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