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CNG Feature Auction 120

Lot nuber 1187

NORMAN. William II Rufus. 1087-1100. AR Penny (18mm, 1.32 g, 6h). Cross Fleurée and Piles type (BMC v). Gloucester mint; uncertain moneyer. Struck circa 1098-1100.


CNG Feature Auction 120
Lot: 1187.
 Estimated: $ 3 000

British, Silver

Sold For $ 4 250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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NORMAN. William II Rufus. 1087-1100. AR Penny (18mm, 1.32 g, 6h). Cross Fleurée and Piles type (BMC v). Gloucester mint; uncertain moneyer. Struck circa 1098-1100. Crowned facing bust, holding scepter; star to right / + [IER?]NGT ON GLE, cross fleurée, with pile surmounted by pellet in each quarter. EMC 2013.0122 = Coin Register 2014, 91 = Allen, The Mints and Moneyers of England and Wales 1066-1158: Addenda and Corrigenda,” in BNJ (2016), p. 169 (this coin); SCBI –; BMC –; North 856; SCBC 1262. Dark glossy toning. Good VF. A bold example of this difficult type. Apparently unique for Gloucester.

From the Causeway Collection, purchased from AMR Coins, April 2015. Found in Codford, Wiltshire, 2013.

Allen reads the reverse legend as + ONGDE[RN? O]N G, but seeing the piece in hand, it is clear that there is no O for ON. A much more likely reading can be found by rotating the coin 180, for a reading of + [IER?]NGT ON GLE, with the T horizontal.

May 2022. CNG 120 – Session Four – World Coinage through Antiquities will be held Thursday afternoon, 12 May 2022 beginning at 2:00 PM ET.

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