Choose Category:

Home > Auctions > 26th November 2019 > Norman Coins - William I - Romney / Wulfmaer - Profile Left Penny

Print page | Email lot to a friend

Back to previous page


LOT 4114

Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,875


Norman Coins - William I - Romney / Wulfmaer - Profile Left Penny 1066-1068 AD

BMC type i. Obv: profile bust with sceptre and +ILLEMII REXI error legend. Rev: cross fleury with +PIILFMÆRONRII legend for the moneyer Wulfmaer at Romney mint. 1.29 grams.

Good very fine. Rare mint.

PROVENANCE:
Found Romney Marsh, Kent area, 2000s.

PUBLISHED:
See Early Medieval Corpus, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, reference EMC 2019.0282 (this coin).

LITERATURE:
S. 1250; N. 839; see Allen, Dr Martin, The Mints and Moneyers of England and Wales, 1066-1158, British Numismatic Journal 82, 2012, p.79 for this mint/moneyer combination.