NORMAN. William I 'the Conqueror'. 1066-1087. AR Penny (19mm, 1.37 g, 2h). Profile Right type (BMC vii). Bristol mint; Beorhtweard, moneyer. Struck circa 1080-1083. + PILLELM REX, crowned bust right, holding scepter / + BRHTPOLD ON BRIC, cross pattée, with annulet at center and voided trefoil in each quarter. SCBI 20 (Mack), 1397 (this coin); BMC –; North 847; SCBC 1256. Toned, flip-over double strike. VF.
Ex Spink Numismatic Circular CVIII.2 (April 2000), no. 1462; R.P. Mack Collection, purchased from Baldwin’s, 1962.
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