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Auction: 26004 - British and World Coins and Medals
Lot: 17

William I, 'the Conqueror' (1066-1087), 'PAXS' Penny, 1083-1086, London, Ælfric, + PILLELM REX, crowned bust facing, with flat band and arches, sceptre in right field, rev. + IELFRE ON LIINDN, short cross potent, P A X S in lobes in angles, commencing in third quarter, 1.36g [20.99grns], 9h (North 848; BMC VIII, 768; S.1257), of excellent fabric on a neat round flan, with a vibrant cabinet tone overlying residual lustre in recesses of key devices, a most pleasing and wholesome good very fine, the portrait better still

Provenance

Spink, by private treaty, 1979 - £120 [with this ticket]

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Estimate
£800 to £1,000

Starting price
£280