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Auction: 24014 - The Alfred Leonard Fuller of Bath Collection of English Silver Coins and Tokens
Lot: 1

William 'the Conqueror' (1066-1087), 'Profile Left' Penny, 1066-1068, Canterbury, Wulfræd, + PILLEMV REXI, crowned and draped bust left, trefoil-tipped sceptre before, rev. + PVFRED ON CANT, unbarred A, voided cross fleury, annulet at centre, 1.231g [18.997grns], 6h (John Ryall and Robert Withy, Twelve Plates of English Silver Coins [1756], Pl. I, no. 17; Hawkins 233; Rev. G F Crowther, Numismatic Chronicle [Third Series, Volume XI, 1891], Type I/II; PWP Carlyon-Britton [BNJ, 1910], p. 6; SCBI 12 [Ashmolean], 2-3 [Knight]; SCBI 20 [Mack], 1345 same obverse die [Parsons - PIIFRED ON CIINT]; Glendining, 20 March 1985, lot 73 same dies; North 839; BMC I, 9 same obverse die [Roberts-Tyssen]; S.1250), of excellent metal, with slight die-capping, otherwise cabinet toned, very fine or near so, extremely rare

Provenance

The Alfred Leonard Fuller of Bath Collection (1870-1941)

Acquired from Messrs Spink & Son, 2 May 1900 - £1.5.0

Spink Numismatic Circular, May 1900 (P.3991, no. 62420) - "LVFRED [sic] ON CANT, rare, extremely fine" - £1.5.0

Conceivably:

"The Property of a Collector, Deceased" [Monckton], Sotheby's, 21-23 June 1869, lot 373 [part] - ..."Hks. n. 233, rev. PVLFRED. ON. CANT...." [sic] - £1.10.0

Captain Edward Hoare (North Cork Rifles), Sotheby's, 10 July 1861, lot 61 [part] - "...obv. as Hks. 235, and rev. as 233, + PVFRED. ON. CANT...." - £1.12.0 [Monckton]

John Hall, Sotheby's, 28 March 1849, lot 36 - "+ PVFRED. ON. CANT. Canterbury; very fine"

Lt. Col. Durrant, Sotheby's, 19-28 April 1847, lot 103 - "+ PVFRED ON CANT" - £0.9.0 [Webster]



The portrait is very similar to that employed by Colswegen at Hastings (BMC 18) and Godwine at Thetford (BMC 44), suggestive of centralised die-cutting operation active during the transition from Saxon to Norman rule.

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Sold for
£1,400

Starting price
£5