NORMAN. William I 'the Conqueror'. 1066-1087. AR Penny (19mm, 1.12 g, 3h). Profile Right type (BMC vii). London mint; Wulfwine, moneyer. Struck circa 1080-1083. + PILLEM I REX, crowned bust right, holding scepter / + PIILFPINE ON LIIN, cross pattée, with annulet at center and voided trefoil in each quarter. SCBI 11 (Reading), 197 (same rev. die); BMC 465; North 847; SCBC 1256. Old cabinet toning. EF. Bold portrait. Rare.
Ex Dr. Irving Schneider Collection, purchased from Spink, November 1984.
