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Auction: 19026 - The Williams Collection Part IV - Anglo-Saxon and Norman Coins
Lot: 692

(x) Stephen (1135-54), Penny, 1.41g, Voided Cross and Mullets type, London, Tierri D, + stiefne, crowned bust three-quarters left, holding sceptre in right hand, rev. tie[rri]d: on: lvn, plain cross voided with a mullet in each angle (Mack 61f ; N.878; S.1280), reverse a little off-centre, very fine, very rare

provenance:
Spink Numismatic Circular, 13 February 1992, no.148

A rare instance of the moneyer signing with an additional letter, presumably the initial of his surname, a practice that only becomes widespread under the Angevins. For a Cross and Piles Penny of Tierri D see lot 701.
The other rare example of this in the reign of Stephen is the moneyer Robert A at Thetford (see lot 686)

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