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Auction: 20123 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 3 - Part I: The Penny: 'From Actium to the Anarchy' (31BC - AD 1154)
Lot: 1583

William the Conqueror (1066-87), Penny, 'Bonnet' type, Stafford, Godwine, 1.23g, 8h (to m.m.), rev. + [G]ODPINE ON STEFFOR (Allen [2012], pp. 80; N.842; BMC II, and no. 140; S.1251), a pinhole at obverse 4 o'clock resulting in minor edge loss, otherwise attractive dark tone, near very fine and rare

Provenance
The Isladulcie Collection of Medieval Pennies and Fractions
Studio Coins, FPL 97, no. 1306 (acquired 15 March 2009)



Examples of this rare mint have graced the collections of Lawrence [1903], Crowther [1904] and the infamous Colonel Durrant [1847]. However at the famous Shepherd dispersal [1885, lot 112] a parallel coin to the present offering was snapped up by Messrs Spink and Son for an impressive £4.17.6 despite only being described as 'fine'.

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Estimate

Starting price
£350