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Auction 22005  4 May 2022
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Lot 31

Starting price: 450 GBP
Price realized: 1400 GBP
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William I 'the Conqueror' (1066-1087), 'Two Stars' Type, Penny, 1074-1077, Dorchester, Otarr, crowned bust facing, between two stars, rev. + OTER ON DORCES, pellet-tipped quadrilobe over cross bottonnée, 1.31g, 9h (Williams III, 355; North 845; BMC V, and no. 311 same dies; Spink 1254), slight die shift and softness at peripheries, otherwise nicely cabinet toned, a bolder very fine, a very rare type for this mint.
Provenance
F Elmore-Jones, Glendining, 10 April 1984, lot 1302* - double struck (more so on the obverse), almost very fine, very rare - £160 [via Spink, by private treaty]
Spink, by private treaty, August 1973 - £90
Ticket written in the hand of Elmore-Jones, stating: 'In my coll. stolen Dec 1966. Recovered Seaby's, September 1967 and sold to them. Brought Spink, Aug. 1973 - £90'
R C Lockett, Part IV, 27 April 1960, lot 3848 - very fine but doublestruck, rare - £10.10.0 [Seaby]


Estimate: £500.00 - £800.00
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