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Auction: 23006 - The Official COINEX Auction at Spink
Lot: 99

The John Chatwin Collection | Stephen 'of Blois' (1135-1154), Definitive Issues, 'Watford' Type, Penny, c. 1136-1145, uncertain mint and moneyer, [+ STI]EFN[E REX], crowned bust right, holding sceptre in right hand, rev. cross moline with a fleur in each angle, 1.45g, 12h (North 873; BMC I; Spink 1278), the legends and peripheries typically flat, with a minor striking split at 5 o'clock, otherwise a technically excellent example for this notorious issue, of outstanding fabric, strictly a very fresh and bold very fine, but in truth much as struck, rare thus

Provenance

From the John Chatwin Collection of English Hammered Coins

Dispersed by Spink, from 6 October 2004

Pimprez (Oise) Hoard, 2002

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Sold for
£600

Starting price
£270