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Auction: 16019 - The Academic Collection of Lord Stewartby: English Coins part 1, Anglo-Saxon and Norman Coins
Lot: 358

Stephen (1135-54), Penny, 1.32g, ‘Watford’ type, (BMC I), London, Liefred, bust right, crowned and diademed, holding sceptre in right hand, obv. legend reads STEFANVS REX, this cut over HENRIC, annulets in crown, rev. [ ]RED:ON:LVND:, cross moline with a fleur in each angle (N875/1; S1278), the portrait a little soft, the reverse strong, struck on a small flan, nearly very fine, very rare

This coin is struck from an altered obverse die of Henry I type XV.


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