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Auction: 20123 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 3 - Part I: The Penny: 'From Actium to the Anarchy' (31BC - AD 1154)
Lot: 1585

William the Conqueror (1066-87), Penny, 'Two Sceptres' type, Leicester, Æthelwine, rev. + ÆGELPINE ON LEGRI (SCBI [Ashmolean], 61 same dies; BNJ [1910], pl. XXI, no. 12 same dies; N.844; BMC IV; S.1253), a small flan split at 10 o'clock and a trace of surface porosity, otherwise a sharp and uniform strike and ultimately pleasing coin, a bold very fine, very rare

Provenance
The Isladulcie Collection of Medieval Pennies and Fractions
Found at Thrapston, Northamptonshire (acquired from Wisbech, 22 June 2006)

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Estimate

Starting price
£450