NORMAN. William I 'the Conqueror'. 1066-1087. AR Penny (18mm, 6h). Profile/Cross Fleurée (BMC i). London mint; Godric, moneyer. Struck 1066-circa 1068. + PILLEMVS REX I, crowned bust left; scepter to left / + GODRIC ON ILVNED, cross fleurée, with pellet-in-annulet at center. SCBI 12 (Ashmolean), 7 var. (legends); BMC –; North 839; SCBC 1250. Old cabinet toning. In PCGS encapsulation 51355834, graded MS 62. An excellent portrait of the Conqueror.
Top Pop.
Ex Stack’s (9 December 1991), lot 1078.
