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Auction: 24014 - The Alfred Leonard Fuller of Bath Collection of English Silver Coins and Tokens
Lot: 12

William 'the Conqueror' (1066-1087), 'PAXS' Penny, 1083-1086, Norwich, Ulfketill, + PILLELM REX, crowned bust facing, with flat band and arches, cross-tipped and winged sceptre in right field, trefoil above left shoulder, rev. + VLFCITEL O NORÐ, short cross potent, P A X S in lobes in angles, commencing in first quarter, 1.388g [21.420grns], 7h (Beauworth [1833], p. 12 [9 Recorded]; Hawkins 241; Rev. G F Crowther, Numismatic Chronicle [Third Series, Volume XI, 1891], Type XIV; SCBI 11 [Reading/Stockholm], 609 same dies; North 848 [Crown 1]; BMC VIII, 847 same dies [Beauworth]; S.1257), subtly crimped, otherwise richer cabinet patina with light golden toning with dapples of cabinet purple hues, of excellent metal, very fine or near so, and struck from an obverse die shared with a contemporary moneyer of the mint Godwine

Provenance

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

Acquired from Messrs Spink & Son, 3 July 1899 - £0.5.0

Spink Numismatic Circular, July 1899 (P.3474, no. 55343) - "VLFCITEL O NORÐ, fine" - £0.5.0

Beauworth Hoard (Hants), found June 1833

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Sold for
£650

Starting price
£5