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Auction: 19004 - Coins and Commemorative Medals: Spring Auction
Lot: 102

William I (1066-87), Penny, PAXS type, Sandwich, Godwine, 1.37g, + þillemv rex, crowned bust facing, sceptre over shoulder, rev. + godþine on san, p | a | x | s in angles (BNJ VII {1910-11}, pl. XXI, 4, this coin; N.849; BMC VIII; S.1257), a pleasing coin, almost extremely fine, with traces of red wax in recesses

provenance
Purchased Baldwin, 1972
Carlyon-Britton, Sotheby, 20 November 1916, lot 1271 (part) - £8.15.0 (Spink)

The wax residue present below the initial mark on the reverse was left as a result of the impression made for the Major Carlyon-Britton's 1910 article as evidenced by the reciprocal 'flaw' apparent on the final BNJ plate image.

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Sold for
£1,100