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Auction: 24014 - The Alfred Leonard Fuller of Bath Collection of English Silver Coins and Tokens
Lot: 13

William 'the Conqueror' (1066-1087), 'PAXS' Penny, 1083-1086, Oxford, Beorhtræd, + PILLELM REX, crowned bust facing, with flat band and arches, cross-tipped and winged sceptre in right field, trefoil above left shoulder, rev. + BRIHTRIED ON OXSI, short cross potent, P A X S in lobes in angles, commencing in fourth quarter, 1.344g [20.741grns], 12h (Beauworth [1833], p. 12 [31 Recorded]; Hawkins 241; Rev. G F Crowther, Numismatic Chronicle [Third Series, Volume XI, 1891], Type XIV; SCBI 12 [Ashmolean], 139-140 same dies; North 848 [Crown 1]; BMC VIII, 861 same dies [Beauworth]; S.1257), struck with rusty dies resulting in peripheral flatness, with a rich cabinet tone and of excellent metal, a bolder very fine

Provenance

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

Acquired privately, by April 1913 - £0.5.7

Beauworth Hoard (Hants), found June 1833


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Sold for
£850

Starting price
£5