Auction: 24006 - British and World Coins
Lot: 90
Stephen of Blois (1135-1154), 'Watford' Type, Penny, 1136-1145, London, Bricmar, [+ STI]EFNE : R, crowned and draped bust right, sceptre before, rev. [+] BRIMAR : ON : L[V]N, voided octofoil with inward fleurs, 'annulet' touching second quarter, 1.364g [21.05grns], 3h (L A Lawrence, 'A Hoard of Coins Chiefly of King Stephen', [South Kyme, Lincolnshire], NumChron [1922], p. 67, nos. 29-30; North 873; BMC I; S.1278), waterworn, otherwise darkly toned with peripheral striking softness and ghosting, on a neater round flan for issue, a bolder fine, scarce and with a fine pedigree
Provenance
The Hartland Collection of English Coins
A H Baldwin ('of Charing Cross'), by private treaty, August 1955 - £4.0.0
Almost certainly:
L A Lawrence, Part II, Glendining, 14 March 1951, lot 357 [part] - "...B.M.C. Type 1, London (5), moneyers...BRICMAR" - £58.0.0 [Baldwin]
South Kyme (Lincolnshire), before 1922
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Estimate
£140 to £200
Starting price
£100