435, Lot: 593. Estimate $300. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

NORMAN. William I 'the Conqueror'. 1066-1087. AR Penny (19mm, 1.38 g, 9h). Paxs type (BMC viii). Colchester mint; Ælfsige, moneyer. Struck circa 1083-1086. Crowned facing bust, holding lis-tipped scepter; trefoil on right shoulder / + IEFFSI ON COLECE, cross pattée; letters of P A X S in annulets within quarters. EC 2008.0307 (this coin); SCBI 42 (South Eastern), 1797 (same dies); North 848; SCBC 1257. Near EF, toned, areas of weak strike.

From the Londinium Collection. Found in Essex, 2008.