Baldwin & Sons
Auction 93 5 May 2015
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BRITISH COINS, Stephen (1135-1154), Silver Penny, Watford type, London mint, moneyer Estmund, crowned bust right with sceptre, STIEFNE RE:, rev cross Moline, circle and legend surrounding, ESTMVND ON LVNDE, 1.16g (N 873; S 1278). Good very fine for issue with a good obverse portrait, toned.
ex Linton Hoard, Kent, found 2 February 1883
this piece listed by George Wakeford in the Numismatic Chronicle, 1883, 3rd Series, volume 3, p.115, no.12
George Wakeford examined 100 coins from the hoard, 40 being of the Watford type of which there was a spread of 25 mints, this piece being mis-identified as the Hythe mint.
acquired and sold by dealers Rollin and Feuardent and sold to P W P Carlyon Britton, 15 October 1901, for £1
passed to Raymond Carlyon Britton, 26 November 1915
sold by B A Seaby Ltd, Carlyon Britton inventory number 486
Estimate: £600-800
ex Linton Hoard, Kent, found 2 February 1883
this piece listed by George Wakeford in the Numismatic Chronicle, 1883, 3rd Series, volume 3, p.115, no.12
George Wakeford examined 100 coins from the hoard, 40 being of the Watford type of which there was a spread of 25 mints, this piece being mis-identified as the Hythe mint.
acquired and sold by dealers Rollin and Feuardent and sold to P W P Carlyon Britton, 15 October 1901, for £1
passed to Raymond Carlyon Britton, 26 November 1915
sold by B A Seaby Ltd, Carlyon Britton inventory number 486
Estimate: £600-800