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(x) Stephen (1135-54), Penny, 0.99g, local and irregular issue of the Civil War, uncertain baronial variant of BMC I, Penny, 0.99g, East Anglian mint?, William, vvi[llelmvs?], legend begins at 1 o'clock, crudely cut crowned bust right, sceptre before, rev. wlle[..]llil:[...], cross moline, a fleur in each angle (Mack - ; N.873 var.; S.1278 var.), softly struck and some scrapes below bust, and corresponding on reverse, an interesting crude style, full flan, very fine, extremely rare.
Provenance:
Spink auction 225, 22-23 September 2014, lot 229
Found Hockwold-cum-Wilton, Norfolk, 2014
Recorded with the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, EMC 2014.0095
The find spot of the current piece places it within a stones throw of several East Anglian mints known to have been striking irregular coinage during the Anarchy. The mint at Bury St Edmunds did have a moneyer willem but he is only known to have struck from Type 7 onwards
Estimate: £800 - £1000
Provenance:
Spink auction 225, 22-23 September 2014, lot 229
Found Hockwold-cum-Wilton, Norfolk, 2014
Recorded with the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, EMC 2014.0095
The find spot of the current piece places it within a stones throw of several East Anglian mints known to have been striking irregular coinage during the Anarchy. The mint at Bury St Edmunds did have a moneyer willem but he is only known to have struck from Type 7 onwards
Estimate: £800 - £1000