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Auction: 14004 - Ancient, British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 1365

William I, Penny, 1.26g, profile left (BMC 1), Leicester, Aegelric, crowned bust left, sceptre before, þillevs rex ai, rev. +iegelric on legerc, cross fleury, arms extending from a pellet within central annulet (N.839; S.1250), the only known example for Leicester of the first type of William I, very fine, extremely rare

provenance
Found at Elkesley, Notts., 2012
Recorded with the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, EMC 2012.0178

Until this coin was found the first type of William I was unknown for Leicester. The mint names for Chester and Leicester are very similar at this time. However, this coin can be unambiguously attributed to Leicester as the mint signature contains a letter r which the Chester mint signature does not. Additionally the moneyer Aegelric is recorded for several issues of Edward the Confessor, including the last issue (pyramids type), for Leicester whilst a moneyer of this name is unknown for Chester.

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