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Auction 19026 - Catalog 259 29 Jan 2019
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(x) Stephen (1135-54), Penny, 1.18g, Variant ('Baronial Issue') of Cross Moline (Watford) type, blundered legends both sides, crowned and bust left, of crude style and holding 'pellet in annulet' topped sceptre in right hand, collar of annulets, rev. voided cross moline, small pellets at ends, fleur in each angle (Mack-; cf.N.884; S.1325), very fine, extremely rare and unusual with a left facing bust.
Provenance:
Triton XV, 3 January 2012, lot 1905
Marshall Faintich collection, purchsed from Andy Singer, April 2002
William Conte collection
Beauvais hoard
From the same dies as the preceeding coin.
Marshall Faintich 'A few unusual coins of the Anarchy' in Spink Numismatic Circular, October 2005, p. 305, fig. 2 this coin.
'Blundered legends on irregular coins of the anarchy were usually a sign of a moneyer who did not want to show loyalty to either cause for fear of choosing incorrectly, snd/or a moneyer who debased his coinage during the anarchy, and did not want the sub-standard coins to be traceable. The coin shown in figure 2 with blundered legends on both the obverse and the reverse, is one of a parcel of coins sold privately from the Beauvais hoard, and was most likely struck in northern England, or perhaps Scotland. Of particular interest is the modification of the sceptre with an annulet enclosing a pellet that replaces the royal fleur de lis. In addition the fleurs de lis on the crown are replaced by pellets. The annulet and pellets may suggest a bishopric origin. One other coin of this type is said to be known, and it was found in northern England.'
From the same dies as the next lot.
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,200
Provenance:
Triton XV, 3 January 2012, lot 1905
Marshall Faintich collection, purchsed from Andy Singer, April 2002
William Conte collection
Beauvais hoard
From the same dies as the preceeding coin.
Marshall Faintich 'A few unusual coins of the Anarchy' in Spink Numismatic Circular, October 2005, p. 305, fig. 2 this coin.
'Blundered legends on irregular coins of the anarchy were usually a sign of a moneyer who did not want to show loyalty to either cause for fear of choosing incorrectly, snd/or a moneyer who debased his coinage during the anarchy, and did not want the sub-standard coins to be traceable. The coin shown in figure 2 with blundered legends on both the obverse and the reverse, is one of a parcel of coins sold privately from the Beauvais hoard, and was most likely struck in northern England, or perhaps Scotland. Of particular interest is the modification of the sceptre with an annulet enclosing a pellet that replaces the royal fleur de lis. In addition the fleurs de lis on the crown are replaced by pellets. The annulet and pellets may suggest a bishopric origin. One other coin of this type is said to be known, and it was found in northern England.'
From the same dies as the next lot.
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,200