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Auction 19004  27-28 Mar 2019
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Lot 96

Starting price: 1500 GBP
Price realized: 1800 GBP
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William I (1066-87), Penny, Worcester, Wiginc, 1.23g, + rillemvs re, crowned bust left, sceptre before, a pellet above, rev. + þiginc on þihre, cross fleury (N.839; BMC I; S.1250), largely imperceptible roughness to edge between 2 and 5 o'clock, otherwise toned, a pleasing good very fine, only three moneyers known for Worcester for this type, this the sole recorded example for Wiginc.
provenance
Purchased Baldwin, 9 July 1970 - £150.0.0
Lockett, part X {English IV}, Glendining, 26-27 April 1960, lot 3831 - £40.0.0 (Baldwin)
Carlyon-Britton, Sotheby, 20 November 1916, lot 1198 - "a unique variety" - £4.5.0 (Baldwin)
Allan, Sotheby, 7-10 July 1908, lot 35 - "Profile to right....fine and very rare" - £3.15.0 (Spink)
Estimate: £1500 - £2000
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