The Owen-Rooke Collection | William I 'the Conqueror' (1066-1087), 'PAXS' Type, Penny, c. 1083-1086, Wallingford, Æthelwine ['Æglwine'], + PILLELM REX, crowned bust facing, pattée-tipped sceptre in right field, rev. + IEGLPINE ON PA[L], cross potent, P A X S, commencing in second quarter, 1.32g, 6h (Williams IV, 644; SCBI 12 [Ashmolean], 158; SCBI 21 [Yorkshire], 1230 same obverse die; SCBI 24 [West Country], 821-822 same dies; SCBI 26 [East Anglia], 1398-1399 same dies; BMC 1018; EMC 2009.0003 same dies; North 848; BMC VIII; Spink 1257), usual die breaks to left of face, arm and corresponding area of reverse, otherwise handsome colourfully cabinet toned, about very fine, the same dies as next.
Provenance
The Owen-Rooke Collection of Oxfordshire Pennies (978-1272)
Estimate: £300 - £400