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Auction: 26005 - British and World Coins and Medals: The Martin J Waldron Collection of English Coins
Lot: 348

(x) William I 'the Conqueror' (1066-1087), 'Canopy' Type, Penny, 1070-1072, Thetford, Godric, + PILLEMVS RE[X], crowned bust facing, under canopy, rev. + GODRIC ON ÐEOTFODI, double quadrilateral with incurved sides, fleury at angles, 1.16g [17.91grns], 10h (SCBI -; cf. Spink, 9 January 2025, lot 80; North 843; BMC III [1916, ccxlii, = Hunterian & Carlyon-Britton]; S.1252), pierced and plugged, with minute flan cracks, otherwise re-toning, strictly only fine, but extremely rare type for Thetford

Provenance

The Martin Waldron Collection of Anglo-Saxon, Norman and Plantagenet Coins


SNC, October 1992, no. 5956* - "pierced and plugged otherwise F-VF and only one [recte two] other specimens of the type by this moneyer (Hunterian)" [with tickets and envelope]

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Estimate
£240 to £300

Starting price
£220