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Auction 18048  26 Sep 2018
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Lot 406

Starting price: 850 GBP
Price realized: 2900 GBP
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(x) Stephen (1135-54), Penny, 1.44g, Cross Moline ('Watford') type, Worcester, Wulfric, crowned and diademed bust right, holding sceptre in right hand, rev. pvlfric : on : pire[c], cross moline, fleur in each angle (Rashleigh, NC XII, p.138, no. 8 - this coin; Mack 41c; N.873; S.1278), struck on a square flan, soft in places, otherwise very fine, attractively toned, extremely rare.
Provenance:
Spink auction 82, 27 March 1991, lot 104
Spink auction 20, 31 March 1982, lot 91
Lockett, part I, Glendining, 6-9 June 1955, lot 1121
Rashleigh, Sotheby, 21 June - 1 July 1909, lot 586. 'unique' £11.15/-
Watford hoard (Inventory 372)
The Watford hoard of 1,127 Pennies and cut Halfpennies was found in a clay jar in 1818 and preserved intact, eventually coming into the possession of Jonathan Rashleigh.

Estimate: £1200 - £1500
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