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Auction: 24014 - The Alfred Leonard Fuller of Bath Collection of English Silver Coins and Tokens
Lot: 4

William 'the Conqueror' (1066-1087), 'Bonnet' Penny, 1068-1070, York, Hrossketill, PILLEMV REX, crowned and diademed bust facing, with defined 'double-chin', two fillets at side of head, legend around begins at 7 o'clock, rev. + ROSCETEL ON EOF, the S retrograde, cross voided with annulet in centre, pellet between two crescents at each end of limb, pile in each angle within pelleted inner circle, 1.286g [19.846grns], 8h [to i.m.] (Hawkins 234; Rev. G F Crowther, Numismatic Chronicle [Third Series, Volume XI, 1891], Type III; SCBI 21 [Yorkshire], 729-732, same reverse die, and, 733 same dies; North 842; BMC II, 175 same dies; S.1251), some peripheral softness, otherwise a richer cabinet tone, of excellent metal, near very fine, and very scarce, the moneyer known only for this type and the sole issue of Harold Godwinesson

Provenance

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

Joseph Taylor, by private treaty, Spring 1894 - £0.16.0

'The Property of a Gentleman', Sotheby's, 7-8 March 1894, lot 69 [part] - "(Hks. 234)...ROSFTAEN. ON. EOF." [sic], very good coins" - £1.12.0 [Taylor]

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Sold for
£650

Starting price
£5