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Auction: 24014 - The Alfred Leonard Fuller of Bath Collection of English Silver Coins and Tokens
Lot: 9

William 'the Conqueror' (1066-1087), 'PAXS' Penny, 1083-1086, Canterbury, Wulfric, + PILLELMI REX [sic], crowned bust facing, with flat band and arches, cross-tipped and winged sceptre in right field, trefoil above left shoulder, rev. + PVLFRIC ON CNTL, short cross potent, P A X S in lobes in angles, commencing in third quarter, 1.246g [19.229grns], 12h (Beauworth [1833], p. 9 [12 Recorded]; Hawkins 241; Rev. G F Crowther, Numismatic Chronicle [Third Series, Volume XI, 1891], Type XIV; SCBI 17 [Midlands], 557 same dies [PIILFRIC ON CNTL]; North 848 [Crown 1]; BMC VIII, 577 same dies [Beauworth]; S.1257), struck with aged dies with resultant ghosting through portrait, with spot of verdigris on nose, otherwise of excellent metal, cloaked in a light pastille-grey tone, a bolder fine to very fine in parts, scarce

Provenance

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

Acquired privately, by April 1913

Beauworth Hoard (Hants), found June 1833



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