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Auction: 15005 - Ancient, British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 395

William I (1066-1087), Penny, 1.26g, Two stars type, Ipswich, Aelfric, facing crowned bust dividing two stars, rev. +aelfrric on gip, cross bottonnée over quadrilateral with a pellet on each tip (Allen BNJ 2012, p.74; SCBI 12 Ashmolean, No 81 var; N.845; S.1254), an excavated find with some discolouration and signs of straightening to right of bust, metal stress is evident along bend, otherwise full and mostly well-struck, good very fine, Ipswich a rare mint in this type

provenance:
Found near Debenham, Suffolk, September 2013
Recorded with Ipswich Museum, Suffolk, EF1857
Recorded with the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, EMC 2015.0150

There are just four Ipswich mint pennies of the type currently listed in the EMC/SCBI databases. This number includes only one example of Aelfric's work

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