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Electronic Auction 521  3 Aug 2022
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Lot 559

Estimate: 100 USD
Price realized: 170 USD
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FRANCE, Provincial. Normandie (county). temp. Guillaume le Conquerant (the Conqueror)–Henri I Beauclerc. 1035-1135. AR Denier (18mm, 0.87 g, 10h). Rotomagus (Rouen) mint. Struck circa 1075-1130. Cross Lorraine within linear border / Pellet in triangle terminating in crosses; in angles, crescents containing the letters P A X. Dumas Group C, pl. XX, 23; Legros 335 (William I); Duplessy, Féodales –' Poey d'Avant –. Toned. Near VF. Rare.

This type may date to the end of the reign of William the Conqueror, as the inclusion of the word PAX on the reverse is likely inspired by his English PAXS pennies.
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