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CNG Feature Auction 120

Lot nuber 1167

NORMAN. William I 'the Conqueror'. 1066-1087. AR Penny (18.5mm, 1.12 g, 2h). Profile/Cross Fleurée (BMC i var.). Chester mint; Wulfric, moneyer. Struck 1066-circa 1068.


CNG Feature Auction 120
Lot: 1167.
 Estimated: $ 7 500

British, Silver

Sold For $ 24 000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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NORMAN. William I 'the Conqueror'. 1066-1087. AR Penny (18.5mm, 1.12 g, 2h). Profile/Cross Fleurée (BMC i var.). Chester mint; Wulfric, moneyer. Struck 1066-circa 1068. Crowned bust right; scepter to right / + PVLFRIC ON LEGECE, cross fleurée, with pellet-in-annulet at center. SCBI –; BMC –; North 840; SCBC 1250 var. (bust right). Minor flaw on cheek. Choice EF. A remarkable coin of the highest rarity.

From the Causeway Collection. Ex Dix Nooonan Webb 133 (12 November 2015), lot 526.

The present specimen is the only example of the bust right variety of the Conqueror’s first type to appear at auction in decades. No other examples are known for the Chester mint.

May 2022. CNG 120 – Session Four – World Coinage through Antiquities will be held Thursday afternoon, 12 May 2022 beginning at 2:00 PM ET.

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