Watch List notes:

NORMAN, Civil War. Local/Irregular issues. Circa 1138-1153. Cut AR Halfpenny (19mm, 0.49 g). Watford type variety [struck from erased obverse die] (BMC i). Northwic (Norwich) mint; uncertain moneyer. Struck circa 1140-1145. [Crowned bust of Stephen right] holding scepter; die erased by long cross from edge to edge / Cross moline, with inward-facing lis in each quarter and annulet at each limb. Cf. Mack 137-41 (for type); North 924; SCBC 1283. VF, toned. Very rare.

Ex Lord Stewartby Collection (Part I, Spink 234, 22 March 2016), lot 361 (part of), purchased March 1964; J.J. North Collection; L. A. Lawrence Collection (English Coins – Part II, Glendining, 14 March 1951), lot 367 (part of).