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England. Norman, William II Rufus AR Penny. 1087-1100.
Chester mint. Ælfric, moneyer. Cross in Quatrefoil type (BMC II). ✠ PILLELM REX, crowned facing bust, holding sword / ✠ IELFRIC ON LECST, cross pattée within quatrefoil with pellets in angles. North 852; SCBC 1259. 1.12gr, 20mm, 6h.
Good Fine. Wavy flan. Exceedingly rare and apparently unique with this moneyer at Chester.
PROVENANCE:
Found All Cannings, near Devizes, East Wiltshire, UK, on 5 May 2024..
Recorded by the Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridgeshire, with reference no. EMC 2024.0294.
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