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Auction: 24014 - The Alfred Leonard Fuller of Bath Collection of English Silver Coins and Tokens
Lot: 18

William 'the Conqueror' (1066-1087), 'PAXS' Penny, 1083-1086, Winchester, Leofweald, + PILLEL[M] REX, crowned bust facing, with flat band and arches, cross-tipped and winged sceptre in right field, trefoil above left shoulder, rev + LIFPOLD ON PINC, short cross potent, P A X S in angles commencing in second quarter, 1.359g [20.973grns], 9h (Beauworth [1833], p. 15 [191 Recorded]; Hawkins 241; Rev. G F Crowther, Numismatic Chronicle [Third Series, Volume XI, 1891], Type XIV; SCBI 11 [Reading/Stockholm], 638 same obverse die; SCBI 24 [West Country], 1000 same reverse die; Winchester Mint 2049, dies Ae [13/2 Listed]; North 850 [Crown 3]; BMC VIII, 1109 same dies [Beauworth]; S.1257), subtly crimped and die-capped, otherwise of excellent metal, with light toning overlying lustrous fields, extremely fine and truly much as issued, rare thus, 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 privately, by April 1913 - £0.5.0

Beauworth Hoard (Hants), found June 1833

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Sold for
£950

Starting price
£5