Watch List notes:

NORMAN. Stephen. 1135-1154. AR Penny (19mm, 1.42 g, 12h). Watford type (BMC i). Cicestrie (Chichester) mint; Godwine, moneyer. Struck circa 1136-1145. + STIEFNE R :, crowned bust right, holding scepter in right hand / + GODPI(NE) : ON : CICE :, cross moline, with inward-facing fleur in each quarter. Mack 10 var. (legend); Pimprez 382 (this coin); SCBI 48 (Northern), 1191 (same dies); BMC 26 (same dies); North 873; SCBC 1278. Good VF, lightly toned. Well struck on a broad flan, rare thus.


Ex Pimprez Hoard (Spink 170, 7 October 2004), lot 463.