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Auction: 26004 - British and World Coins and Medals
Lot: 20

"The Anarchy", Baronial Magnates of York, Robert III de Stuteville († 1186), Penny, struck c. 1148-52 [?], on dies designed by Continental Engravers [?], + RODBERT[VS D S |] TV Knight on horseback right, brandishing sword, mantling (lambrequin) flying from conical helmet, rev. fine 'ornamental' legends with D I interspersed among spoked-wheels, cogwheels, cross pommée in quatrefoil and other devices, escarbuncle fleury at centre, 0.641g [9.89grns] (PAS LVPL-EE2868 this coin; Allen [2016], 'Phase 4', dies Bb, and pp. 309, no. 64 same dies; Mack [1966], no. 228c same dies; Lockett -; North 932; S.1321), broken and subsequently expertly conserved and repaired, otherwise a large fragment of excellent and stable metal, struck details bolder than very fine, OF THE HIGHEST RARITY and only the second to appear at auction in modern commerce

Provenance

~ Found whilst metal detecting at Buttercrambe with Bossall (North Yorkshire), Tuesday 3 June 2025 ~

~ Recorded with the British Museum (ref. PAS LVPL-EE2868) ~

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Estimate
£3,000 to £5,000

Starting price
£1000