Watch List notes:

NORMAN, Civil War. Local/Irregular issues. Circa 1138-1153. Cut AR Halfpenny (18mm, 0.51 g). Watford type variety [struck from erased obverse die] (BMC i). Norwich mint; uncertain moneyer. Struck circa 1140-1145. [Crowned bust of Stephen right, holding scepter]; die erased by long cross from edge to edge / + [...] ON : NOR :, cross moline, with inward-facing lis in each quarter and annulet at each limb. Cf. Mack 137-41 (for type); SCBI –; North 924; SCBC 1283. VF. Very rare.


From the R. D. Frederick Collection. Ex Triton XVI (8 January 2013), lot 1555. Found in southwest Norfolk.