Watch List notes:

Stephen (1135-54), silver Penny, Watford type (c.1136-45), Stamford Mint, moneyer Lefsi, crowned bust with sceptre right, Latin legend and beaded border surrounding, ---E---, rev. cross moline, lis in each angle, Latin legend and beaded border surrounding, +LEFSI------N, weight 1.29g (BMC type I; Mack 34a; N.873; S.1278). With a clear portrait and corresponding device of reverse, toned, the rim crimped with legends not very well struck up at all, the moneyer name clear and only listed by North as operating at Stamford, rare moneyer.

Provenance:
Ex William H Pheatt, Buckland Dix and Wood, Auction 12, 21st March 1995, lot 709.
Ex Dix Noonan and Webb, 30th September 2009, lot 3845.