(x) Stephen (1135-54), Penny, 1.43g, Cross Pommée (Awbridge) type, Thetford, Hacun, crowned and bearded bust three-quarters left, holding sceptre in right hand, rev. hacv[n: o]: tef[ ], voided cross within beaded quatrefoil, a fleur in each angle springing from the quatrefoil (Mack 126 - but only Gefrei listed; N.881; S.1282), the moneyer not listed by Mack, nor by Elmore Jones in BNJ XXVIII, but three other specimens listed by Seaman, rather flat both sides, nearly very fine with good portrait, very rare.
Provenance:
Spink Numismatic Circular, April 1992, no. 2571
Elmore Jones, part 1, Glendining, 13 April 1983, lot 1110
Christie's, 14 June 1977, lot 328
Estimate: £500 - £600