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Auction: 16019 - The Academic Collection of Lord Stewartby: English Coins part 1, Anglo-Saxon and Norman Coins
Lot: 381

Stephen (1135-54), Penny, 1.08g, Uncertain Issue, as ‘Watford’ type, London, Alfred, S[ ]COI, bust right, crowned and diademed, holding sceptre in right hand, rev. +AL[ ]ONLVD:, cross moline with a fleur in each angle (N873; S1278), flat in parts, good fine, extremely rare

PROVENANCE:
Prestwich Hoard (1971)
Mr K Tasker
Sotheby 19 October 1978, lot 463a

The obverse legend starts as Stephen, but ends COI as for Matilda and was the subject of a short note in the BNJ XLVI p.76 where the association to Matilda was questioned

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