Watch List notes:

NORMAN. Stephen. 1135-1154. AR Penny (19mm, 1.03 g, 11h). Cross Pommée (Awbridge) type (BMC vii). Bedford mint; Iohan, moneyer. Struck circa 1154-1158. Crowned bust right, holding lis-tipped scepter / + IOh[A]N [: ON : B]EDE, cross moline, with inward-facing fleur in each angle. Allen, English 4 (dies BED:2/2) = EMC 1997.0186 = Coin Register 1997, 186 (this coin); Mack –; BMC –; North 881; SCBC 1282. Toned, areas of weak strike. VF. Clear mint and moneyer name. Extremely rare – one of only two known from this mint and moneyer.

From the Allan Williams Collection. Ex Patrick Finn FPL 12 (1998), no. 82. Found at Saxtead, Suffolk, August 1997.