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Auction: 25004 - British and World Coins and Medals
Lot: 22

William 'the Conqueror' (1066-1087), 'Two Stars' Penny, 1074-1077, London, Godwig, + PILLEM REX AN, commencing at 12 o'clock, crowned bust facing, stars flanking in fields, rev. + GODPI ON LVND, pellet-tipped quatrefoil over cross bottonée, 1.29g [19.91grns], 9h (Rev. T F Dymock [1858], 178 = Rostron [1892], 22 = Astronomer [1906], 214 [GODPI ON LVNDE]; Capt. R M Murchison [1864], 19 [GODPI ON LVND]; SCBI 20 [Mack], 1381 [Sale I, lot 230 = Scaldwell]; SCBI 21 [Yorkshire], 1742; SCBI 27 [Lincolnshire], 1774; North 845; BMC V, 349; S.1254), a bold striking throughout, of excellent metal, with glorious cabinet tone accentuated by flares of rainbow hue, a most pleasing and good very fine, a rare type in private hands with five die varieties in the British Museum, including two from the Beauworth (1833) trove

Provenance

The Heron Collection of English Silver Coins


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£1,800

Starting price
£400