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Auction: 19007 - Coins and Commemorative Medals: Winter Auction
Lot: 72

William I (1066-87), Penny, Sword type, Derby (?), Swartbrand, 1.23g, 12h, rev. + spartbrand on d, the last three letters ligate, the as unbarred (EMC 2019.0131 this coin; BNJ [1907], pp. 54 ~ 'conjecturally attributed to Wallingford'~; N.846; BMC VI; S.1255), slight die flaws, otherwise good very fine, an extremely rare type, the moneyer only known for this issue for the Conqueror's coinage

Provenance
Found at Dover, 4 April 2019

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Sold for
£1,800

Starting price
£1000

Sale 19007 Notices
Findspot recorded by Fitzwilliam Museum. 'Found 4 April 2019, near Dover'.