NORMAN. Stephen. 1135-1154. AR Penny (20mm, 1.29 g, 7h). Cross Pommée (Awbridge) type (BMC vii). Canterbury mint; Eadweard (or Ricard?), moneyer. Struck circa 1154-1158. Crowned bust right, holding lis-tipped scepter / [+...]ARD : ON : CANT, cross moline, with inward-facing fleur in each angle. Allen, English 32 (dies CAN:3/3) = F. Elmore-Jones, "Stephen Type VII," in BNJ XXVIII (1955-1957), pl. XXXI, 4 (this coin); Mack 103a; BMC 186; North 881; SCBC 1282. Cabinet toning, edge chip. Fine.
From the Allan Williams Collection, purchased from Baldwin's, May 1992. Ex Spink 64 (23 June 1988), lot 198; F. Elmore Jones (Part 2, Glendining, 10 April 1984), lot 1396; H. M. Reynolds Collection (Sotheby's, 5 June 1919), lot 64a.