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Auction: 19004 - Coins and Commemorative Medals: Spring Auction
Lot: 101

William I (1066-87), Penny, Shaftesbury, Godsbrand, 1.23g, + þillelmv re, crowned bust facing, sword over shoulder, rev. + godsbrand on sci, cross potent over lis-tipped quatrefoil (BNJ I {1903-4}, pl. 27, no. 2 and, pp. 56, fig 2, this coin; EMC 1200.0592, same dies; N.846; BMC VI; S.1255), toned, near extremely fine, the portrait pleasantly bold, rare

provenance
Purchased Baldwin, 12 July 1974 - "EF, pleasing" - £450 (C00478)
W C Wells {319}, collection purchased en bloc by Baldwin, 1949 (no. 375/772)
Beauworth hoard, 1833 , One of thirty-four 'Sword' types recorded from the hoard


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Sold for
£2,600