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Auction: 23006 - The Official COINEX Auction at Spink
Lot: 91

William I 'the Conqueror' (1066-1087), 'Bonnet' Type, Penny, 1068-1070, Worchester, Eastmær, + PILLEMV REXI, crowned bust facing, rev. + EASTMER ON PIHR • commencing at 10 o'clock, crescent-ended voided short cross, pellet-tipped piles in angles, 1.22g [18.83grns], 1h (Bruun Rasmussen, Auction 764, 11 December 2006, lot 5473 same dies; North 842; BMC III [Coll no. 162]; Spink 1251), lightly crimped and with resulting softness in parts of the legends, otherwise boldly struck and with a dark grey-blue tone, bolder than very fine, excessively rare, with no comparable for type listed on SCBI/EMC

Provenance

Stanley Gibbons, by private treaty - £1,650

SNC, July 2010, HS4170 - toned, very fine and very rare - £1,400

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Sold for
£1,300

Starting price
£900