Excellent Stephen Portrait
NORMAN. Stephen. 1135-1154. AR Penny (18.5mm, 1.41 g, 8h). Watford type (BMC i). Caentwarabyrig (Canterbury) mint; Rodbert, moneyer. Struck circa 1136-1145. [+ ST]IFNE REX :, crowned bust right, holding lis-tipped scepter in right hand / + [RO]DBERT : ON [: C]ANP :, cross moline. Mack 6e var. (rev. legend); SCBI 48 (Northern Museums), 1142 (same rev. die); North 873; SCBC 1278. Good VF, toned, usual areas of weak strike. Attractive portrait.
Ex Ridgemount Collecton (Spink 69, 20 April 1989), lot 124.