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Auction: 25004 - British and World Coins and Medals
Lot: 21

William 'the Conqueror' (1066-1087), 'Profile Left' Penny, 1066-1068, Romney, Wulfmær, + ILLEMV REXI, crowned and draped bust left, trefoil-tipped and knopped sceptre before, rev. + PVLFMÆR ON RV, voided cross fleury, annulet at centre, 1.28g [19.75grns], 8h (SCBI 11 [Reading], 189, 509; SCBI 12 [Ashmolean], 11-17; SCBI 17 [Midlands], 512; SCBI 18 [Copenhagen, Part IV], 1336; SCBI 20 [Mack], 1349; SCBI 21 [Yorkshire], 1112; SCBI 30 [America], 673-677; SCBI 36 [Berlin], 890; SCBI 42 [South Eastern], 1725; SCBI 68 [Lyon], 1036; North 839; BMC I, 39-41; S.1250), a few small areas of softness, but otherwise lightly cabinet toned across gunmetal grey surfaces; delightfully uniform for strike, a most pleasing and wholesome good very fine, scarce and from a fabled 18th Century Coin hoard

Provenance

The Heron Collection of English Silver Coins

Denge Marsh Hoard, 1739

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Sold for
£1,500

Starting price
£800