Details
LOT 3837
England. Norman, William I 'the Conqueror' AR Penny. Struck circa 1083-1086. Salisbury mint; Esbren, moneyer. Paxs type (BMC viii).
✠ PILLELM REX, crowned facing bust, holding sceptre / ✠ ESBRN ON SIERBI, cross pattée; letters of P A X S in annulets within quarters. North 848; SCBC 1257. Very Fine. Toned. Double struck of obverse.(1.39gr, 20mm, 3h.).
Provenance
Ex Spink and Sons Ltd.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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