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Auction: 26005 - British and World Coins and Medals: The Martin J Waldron Collection of English Coins
Lot: 349

(x) William I 'the Conqueror' (1066-1087), 'PAXS' Penny, 1083-1086, Thetford, Folcærd / Folcard, + PILLELM REX, MR ligate, crowned bust facing, with flat band and arches, sceptre in right field, rev. + FOLCIERD ON ÐTFI, short cross potent, P A X S in lobes in angles, 1.42g [21.91grns], 12h (SCBI 18 [Copenhagen], 1348 same dies; SCBI 66 [Norway], 3747 same dies; Doubleday 838 this coin; North 848; BMC VIII [Coll. no. 1005]; S.1257), light crimping, otherwise cabinet toned, about very fine

Provenance

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


Gordon Vincent Doubleday, Glendining, 8 June 1988, lot 838* [with his ticket]


Duke of Argyll, collection purchased en bloc by Spink, 1949

Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

Estimate
£400 to £500

Starting price
£360