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Auction: 25005 - The Carrington and Pallas Collections of Exceptional English and Anglo-Gallic Gold Coins and Proof Sets
Lot: 44

William 'the Conqueror' (1066-1087), 'PAXS' Penny, 1083-1086, Winchester, Leofweald, + PILLELM REX, crowned bust facing, with flat band and arches, cross-tipped and winged sceptre in right field, trefoil above left shoulder, rev. + LIOFPOLD ON PINC, short cross potent, P A X S in angles commencing in fourth quarter, 1.36g [20.99grns], 9h (SCBI 11 [Reading], 637-641; SCBI 12 [Ashmolean, Part II], 165-166; SCBI 17 [Midlands], 619-620; SCBI 18 [Copenhagen, Part IV], 1364-1367; SCBI 20 [Mack], 1465; SCBI 21 [Yorkshire], 1235-1237, 1757; SCBI 24 [West Country], 831-836, 1000; SCBI 26 [East Anglia], 1403; SCBI 30 [America], 728-730; SCBI 36 [Berlin], 902, 906; SCBI 42 [South Eastern], 1871; SCBI 48 [Northern], 1123-1127; SCBI 51 [Estonia], 1110-1111; EMC 1300.0085, 1300.0140, 1300.0144, 1300.0180; North 848 [Crown 1]; BMC VIII; S.1257), occasional softness, more so to the reverse, otherwise toned with golden hues in the recesses, near very fine

Provenance

Baldwin's, by private treaty, 26 December 2016

[also with French ticket, pre 2016]


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Sold for
£900

Starting price
£550