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Auction: 15005 - Ancient, British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 402

Stephen (1135-1154), Penny, 1.04g, 'Awbridge' type (BMC 7), Leicester, Gefrei, crowned and bearded bust facing, sceptre to left, stiefn / e rev. gefre[i:on:]leer, voided cross pommée with annulet centre, a fleur in each angle, all within beaded inner circle (Allen BNJ 2006 No 293 - given to York, now known to be Leicester; same dies; N.881; S.1282), an excavated piece, flan crack at 10 o'clock and with some delamination above crown, the regnal title clear and the mint/moneyer readable, nearly very fine, the reverse better for this

provenance:
Found East Dorset, 2014
Recorded with the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, EMC 2014.0120

The only other piece of Gefrei at Leicester, ex. Lockett 1149, was previously attributed to York on the partial legend that was visible; +GEFREI:ON:E[-]ER. The finding of this piece now enables the reattribution to Leicester based on the completion of the mint signature as LEER

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Sold for
£450