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Auction: 4002 - The Marshall Collection of British & World Coins
Lot: 73

Stephen, Midland Group, Penny, 1.40g., Derby, Walkelin, crude crowned head right, with sceptre, stephanvs rex, rev., short cross voided with bird in each angle, waichelinvs derbi (Mack 175(f) (this coin); N.900; S.1298), slightly double struck on obverse, otherwise evenly toned and fully legible, almost extremely fine, extremely rare thus Estimate £ 3,000-4,000 provenance: C Barclay, Sotheby, 21 March 1831, lot 47 Rev. T F Dymock, Sotheby, 1 June 1858, lot 187 Bateman Heirlooms, Sotheby, 4 May 1893, lot 361 H M Reynolds, Sotheby, 5 June 1919, lot 76 G C Drabble, Glendining, 4 July 1939, lot 725 Spink Numismatic Circular, July 1942, no.15401 £33-0-0 Mack suggests that this remarkable piece was struck by Robert de Ferrers, earl of Derby, during the period of Stephen's captivity in the summer of 1141. Walkelin, the moneyer of Derby, is referred to in contemporary deeds, and three examples of this piece were found at Ashby-de-la-Zouch, a few miles south of Derby, in 1788 with other coins of Stephen. BNJ XXXV p.68

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