Stephen (1135-1154), Penny, 1.31g, 'Awbridge' type (BMC 7), Bury St Edmunds, Willem, crowned and bearded bust facing, sceptre to left, stiefn / e rev. pillem:on:s:ed, voided cross pommée with annulet centre, a fleur in each angle, all within beaded inner circle (Allen BNJ 2006 No 25-8; Eaglen 48-9; N.881; S.1282), a field find, flan stress across coin from straightening along with a little roughness from being in the ground, this piece, however, a superb example of Stephen's Type VII, centred and full with immaculate legends for this, good very fine, Bury a very rare mint in this type, eight examples listed by Eaglen.
Estimate: £1,000.00 - £1,500.00