Details
LOT 3324
England. Norman, Stephen AR Cut Halfpenny. 1135-1154.
Possibly Carlisle or Cardiff mint. Uncertain moneyer. Struck circa 1136-1145. Cross moline ('Watford') type. Illegible inscription, crowned and diademed bust to right holding sceptre in right hand / ✠[...]CAR, cross moline with fleur in each angle. North 873; SCBC 1278. Fair.(0.63gr, 21mm, 9h.).
Provenance
Found Skirpenbeck, Yorkshire, UK.
From a private Barnsley, UK, family collection.
Accompanied by copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) with reference no. PAS YORYM-950E8A.
Footnotes
During this turbulent period in English history many irregular coins were struck and coins were also issued from dies that had been deliberately defaced, possibly as a rejection of Stephen's authority (note from PAS).
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Found Skirpenbeck, Yorkshire, UK. From a private Barnsley, UK, family collection. Accompanied by copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report, with reference no. YORYM-4F4B06.
