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(x) Stephen (1135-54), Penny, 1.14g, Cross Moline ('Watford') type, Bristol, Jordan, crowned and diademed bust right, holding sceptre in right hand, local dies, small bust with pointed nose, small bar across base of sceptre, rev. : ior[dan : br]i, cross moline, fleur in each angle (cf. Mack 4 - but the moneyer not yet known; Welsh Hoards, Coed-y-Wenaullt 2 same dies; N.873; S.1278), legends mostly flat, otherwise very fine, believed to be one of only two known specimens.
Provenance:
DNW, auction 71, 28 September 2006, lot 539
DNW, auction 55, 8 October 2002, lot 1122
Jordan or Gurdan had an interesting career, striking first this local dies coinage in the name of Stephen, then striking coins of the same type using a deliberately obliterated obverse die, and finally striking Angevin coins in the name of Matilda (see Welsh Hoards p. 45).
Estimate: £400 - £500
Provenance:
DNW, auction 71, 28 September 2006, lot 539
DNW, auction 55, 8 October 2002, lot 1122
Jordan or Gurdan had an interesting career, striking first this local dies coinage in the name of Stephen, then striking coins of the same type using a deliberately obliterated obverse die, and finally striking Angevin coins in the name of Matilda (see Welsh Hoards p. 45).
Estimate: £400 - £500