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Auction: 25004 - British and World Coins and Medals
Lot: 27

Stephen of Blois (1135-1154), 'Watford' Type, Penny, 1136-1145, Wilton, Falche, + ST[IEFNE : R], crowned and draped bust right, sceptre before, rev. + FALC[H]E : ON : PILT[V]• voided octofoil with inward fleurs, 'annulet' touching second quarter, 1.45g [22.38grns], 10h (Lockett 1119* = FEJ 1098 this coin; Harris, SCMB 1987, p. 307; Mack 39a; North 873; BMC I, 114; S.1278), struck on an unusually broad, square-cut planchet, with peripheral striking softness and crimping, some blundering to legends, the portrait otherwise delightfully strong for type, further accentuated by rich cabinet tone, about very fine, a most pleasing coin with a solid pedigree

Provenance

The Heron Collection of English Silver Coins

Francis Elmore-Jones, Part I, Glendining, 13 April 1983, lot 1098* - "Square flan, slightly crimped, fine and rare"

SCMB, October 1979, E453* - "struck on an irregular flan, rare, nearly VF" - £250

Richard Cyril Lockett, English Part I, Glendining, 6-9 June 1955, lot 1119* - "very fine and very rare" - £14.10.0 [Baldwin]

Gilbert C Drabble, Part II, Glendining, 13 December 1943, lot 985 [part] - "FAL[CH]E ON : PILT (Wilton)... fine and rare" - £4.4.0

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Starting price
£210