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3 July 2019
Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), Penny, Hammer Cross type, York, Thorr, dorr on eoferpic, annulet in first quarter, 1.30g/8h (Freeman 388; SCBI Yorkshire 478-9 and America 640 [ANS], same dies; BMC 373; Eaglen 1606, same rev. die; N 828; S 1182). About very fine, toned £200-£260
Hammer Price: £280
Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), Penny, Facing Bust type, Wallingford, Beorhtmær, brihtmær on pa, 1.10g/6h (Freeman 39; Doubleday 540 and Spink 225, 219, same dies; MEC 8, 2306 [= SCBI Fitzwilliam 953], same rev. die; BMC 1292; N 830; S 1183). About extremely fine £300-£360
Hammer Price: £800
Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), Penny, Pyramids type, Shrewsbury, Earnwig, earnpi on srorbe ·, 1.23g/6h (Freeman 40; Spink 207, 47, same dies; N 831; S 1184). Very fine and toned, rare £300-£400
Hammer Price: £850
Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), Penny, Pyramids type, York, Authulfr, ovdvlf on eofei, annulet in fourth quarter, 1.39g/12h (Freeman 290; Lessen, SNC 2007, p.310, this coin listed; SCBI Yorkshire 660, Merseyside 835 and MEC 8, 2331 [= SCBI Fitzwilliam 968], same dies; BMC 417; N 831; S 1184). Very fine, bright £240-£300
Hammer Price: £600
Harold II (1066), Penny, PAX type, Lewes, Osweald, ozpold on lepeei, bust left with sceptre, reads halold, 1.30g/9h (Pagan, NM p.190, Gp B; HHK 278; MEC 8, 2340-1 [= SCBI Fitzwilliam 972-3], SCBI South Eastern 1694-5, FEJ 447 and Sussex Mints 166, same dies; BMC 46; N 836; S 1186). Very fine, toned £2,400-£3,000
Hammer Price: £3,000
Harold II (1066), Penny, PAX type, Romney, Wulfmær, pvlmær on rvmei, bust left with no sceptre, 1.06g/9h (Pagan, NM p.191, Gp C; FEJ 684, this coin; SCBI Ashmolean 1108, MEC 8, 2346 [= SCBI Fitzwilliam 977] and Baldwin 42, 880, same dies; BMC 80; N 837; S 1187). Surfaces corroded, otherwise fine, very rare £500-£700
Hammer Price: £1,400
Anglo-Scandinavian Imitations, ‘Long Cross’, Penny, bust left, +edered ex aigolx, rev. nhtinc · sitv, 2.04g/9h (Malmer 105.1164, chain 3L; SCBI Copenhagen 1484, same dies; BEH 3411). Heavily peckmarked and slightly bent, otherwise about fine, on a heavy flan £100-£150
Hammer Price: £1,000
Anglo-Scandinavian Imitations, ‘Long Cross’, Penny, ‘Ededo’ group [North], bust left, eded on oeddopi, rev. + iii odi + iipoir, 1.48g/6h (Malmer 221.1278, chain 141; SCBI Copenhagen 1548 and Norwegian II, 1390-1, same dies; SCBI Estonia 1212, same rev. die). Very fine and toned £300-£400
Hammer Price: £1,900
Anglo-Scandinavian Imitations, ‘Helmet’, Penny, bust left, edelred rex ang, rev. + spe tign o lvn dene, 0.97g/9h (Malmer –). Broken and skilfully repaired, about fine £50-£100
Hammer Price: £200
Anglo-Scandinavian Imitations, ‘Long Cross/Last Small Cross mule’, Penny, bust left, + ædelred re ai, pellet behind head, rev. + gdoa [+] hco[md]ofnan, 1.39g/11h (Malmer 189.1828, chain 105; SCBI Copenhagen 1664-6, same obv. die). Good fine £150-£200
Hammer Price: £900
Anglo-Scandinavian Imitations, ‘Short Cross’, Penny, diademed bust left, cross above, lis sceptre, cnvt rex a, rev. + elfpic on lvndne, rev. legend begins at 1 o’clock, 0.73g/9h (Malmer –). Very fine, rare £200-£300
Hammer Price: £950
Anglo-Scandinavian Imitations, ‘PACX’, Penny, diademed bust left, edpard recx, rev. icocr · ee on lvndne around pac+ in arms of voided short cross with crescents at limbs, 1.01g/12h (Pagan, BNJ 2011, imitation H, same rev. die [= SCBI Stockholm 191]; Malmer –; BEH 520). Some double-striking, otherwise very fine and toned, rare £300-£400
William I (1066-1087), Penny, Profile Left type [BMC I], Winchester, Anderboda, andrboda on pc, 1.23g/9h (Allen, BNJ 2012, p.83; Winchester Mint 1881 and SCBI Northern 1100, same dies; SCBI Scottish 17, same rev. die; BMC 56; N 839; S 1250). Good very fine, attractive old cabinet tone £900-£1,200
Hammer Price: £1,300
William I (1066-1087), Penny, Bonnet type [BMC II], York, Leysingr, leigsing on eo, 1.40g/1h (Allen, BNJ 2012, p.84; SCBI Yorkshire 715-19, same dies; BMC 172; N 842; S 1251). Very fine £500-£700
William I (1066-1087), Penny, Canopy type [BMC III], Wallingford, Beorhtmær, brihtmær on pal, 1.24g/4h (Allen, BNJ 2012, p.82; Doubleday 848 and Spink 249, 40, same dies; SCBI Ashmolean 54 obv./55 rev., same dies; BMC 216; N 843; S 1252). Face of monarch and drapery weakly struck [exactly as Doubleday 848], otherwise good very fine, attractively toned £800-£1,000
William I (1066-1087), Penny, Two Sceptres type [BMC IV], Huntingdon, Godric, godric on hvnten, 1.28g/9h (Allen, BNJ 2012, p.74; Eaglen 299 (5), this coin; Carlyon-Britton, BNJ 1910, pl.xviii, 4, this coin; BMC 236, FEJ 1301 and Doubleday 703, same dies; N 844; S 1253). Cracked at 10 o’clock, otherwise very fine with a strong portrait, rare £500-£700
William I (1066-1087), Penny, Two Stars type [BMC V], Ilchester, Ægelwine, iegelpine on g, 1.39g/6h (Allen, BNJ 2012, p.74; cf. BMC 321ff; N 845; S 1254). Very fine and attractively toned, very rare £700-£900
William I (1066-1087), Penny, Sword type [BMC VI], Winchester, Anderboda, andrbod on pinc, 1.38g/6h (Allen, BNJ 2012, p.83; Winchester Mint 1967; cf. BMC 445; N 846; S 1255). Slight crease and some weakness in reverse legend, otherwise very fine and toned, rare £500-£700
Hammer Price: £500
William I (1066-1087), Penny, Profile Right type [BMC VII], London, Godwi, godpi on liindii, 1.38g/12h (Allen, BNJ 2012, p.77; BMC –, but listed on table of moneyers at p.ccxxii from this coin; N 847; S 1256). Slight crimp, otherwise extremely fine and toned, rare £1,200-£1,500
Hammer Price: £2,400
William I (1066-1087), Penny, Profile Right type [BMC VII], in lead, mint and moneyer uncertain, op [——] cen [——], 0.84g/6h (Archibald –; cf. DNW DC1, 96; cf. N 847; cf. S 1256). Contemporary plated forgery from literate dies, the metal sound £50-£100
Hammer Price: £130
William I (1066-1087), Customs tally, in lead, from presumably official dies for a Penny of Profile Right type [BMC VII], London, Eadwi, edpi on lii[ndn]e, 2.05g/6h (Archibald 30ff; cf. SCBI Stockholm 254 and BMC 464 revs.). Fine £100-£200
William I (1066-1087), Customs tally, in lead, from presumably official dies for a Penny of Profile Right type [BMC VII], uncertain mint and moneyer, g[–]oi[—]ihdhn, 1.38g/6h (Archibald –). Creased across bust, otherwise about fine £50-£100
Hammer Price: £220
William I or William II, Penny, PAXS type [BMC VIII], Dorchester, Ottarr, oter on dorcest, 1.40g/9h (Allen, BNJ 2012, p.72; SCBI Mack 1419, West Country 788, FEJ 1618 and DNW 73, 1477, same dies; BMC 630; N 850; S 1257). Very fine, toned £400-£600
William I or William II, Penny, PAXS type [BMC VIII], Wilton, Ælfwine, ielfpine on pitii, 1.37g/6h (Allen, BNJ 2012, p.83; BMC 1056, FEJ 1070 and Williams 645, same dies; N 848; S 1257). Good very fine, attractively toned £400-£600
Hammer Price: £700
William II (1087-1100), Penny, Profile type [BMC I], Worcester, Eastmær, estmier on pihr, 1.39g/12h (Allen, BNJ 2012, p.83; BMC 64, same dies; N 851; S 1258). On a large flan, extremely fine and toned, very rare £3,000-£4,000
Hammer Price: £4,600
William II (1087-1100), Penny, Cross in Quatrefoil type [BMC II], Wilton, Sæwine, sepine on piltii, 1.39g/9h (Allen, BNJ 2012, p.83; SCBI Stockholm 214 and BMC 167, same dies; N 852; S 1259). On a full round flan, portrait partially weak, otherwise very fine and lightly toned, rare £1,200-£1,500
Hammer Price: £1,600
William II (1087-1100), Penny, Cross Voided type [BMC III], London, Bruning, briinic on liin, 1.35g/9h (Allen, BNJ 2012, p.77; BMC 201, same dies; SCBI Berlin 914, same rev. die; N 853; S 1260). Rather bluntly struck, otherwise fine and toned, rare £500-£700
William II (1087-1100), Penny, Cross Pattée and Fleury type [BMC IV], London, Walcin, piilcin on liind, 1.39g/9h (Allen, BNJ 2012, p.77; BMC 246; N 855; S 1261). About very fine and toned, the moneyer very rare £1,000-£1,500
William II (1087-1100), Penny, Cross Fleury and Piles type [BMC V], Dover, Goldwine, goldpine on dof, 1.18g/9h (Allen, BNJ 2012, p.72; SCBI Copenhagen 264, same dies; BMC –; N 856; S 1262). Cracked in centre, obverse fair, reverse fine, very rare £200-£300
Hammer Price: £300
William II (1087-1100), Penny, Cross Fleury and Piles type [BMC V], Southwark, Sprot, sprot on siide, 1.37g/6h (Allen, BNJ 2012, p.80; SCBI Ashmolean 209, same rev. die; cf. BMC 275; N 856; S 1262). Good fine, toned, rare £600-£800
Henry I (1100-1135), Penny, Annulets type [BMC I], Winchester, Shirwold, shirpod on [–]inc, 1.27g/6h (Allen, BNJ 2012, p.104; Winchester Mint 2163, this coin, recté shirpod; BMC –; N 857; S 1263). Fine, reverse better, dark-toned, extremely rare £600-£800
Hammer Price: £320
Henry I (1100-1135), Penny, Profile/Cross Fleury type [BMC II], London, Wulfword, piilfpord on li, 1.35g/10h (Allen, BNJ 2012, p.95; BMC –; N 858; S 1263A). Very fine and toned, very rare £800-£1,000
Hammer Price: £1,100
Henry I (1100-1135), Cut Halfpenny, Profile/Cross Fleury type [BMC II], Norwich, Oter, ote[———]rpi, 0.58g/10h (Allen, Addenda, BNJ 2016, p.171, 10f, same obv. die; BMC –; N 858; S 1263A). About very fine, extremely rare £100-£150
Hammer Price: £240
Henry I (1100-1135), Penny, PAX type [BMC III], London, Sigegar, sigier on lvnd, 1.22g/12h (Allen, BNJ 2012, p.94; Inder I, 105, same rev. die; BMC –, but listed in table of moneyers on p.ccxxii; N 859; S 1264). Fine, very rare £280-£320
Hammer Price: £460
Henry I (1100-1135), Penny, Annulets and Piles type [BMC IV], London, Thured, dvred on lvn ·, 1.30g/2h (Allen, BNJ 2012, p.95; BMC –; N 860; S 1265). Flatly struck, otherwise fine or better, very rare £300-£400
Henry I (1100-1135), Cut Halfpenny, Voided Cross and Fleurs type [BMC V], Bedford, Negel, [negel]vs : on : b[edef], distinctive cross pattée sceptre, 0.48g/8h (Allen, BNJ 2012, p.85, note 236 [= SCBI Scottish 238, same dies]; EMC 2004.0037 and BNJ Coin Register 2005, 210, this coin, recté Bedford, Negel; Bagshawe –; BMC –, but listed in table of moneyers on p.ccxliii from the Hunter coin as possibly Thetford]; N 861; S 1266). Very fine and extremely rare £150-£200
Henry I (1100-1135), Penny, Voided Cross and Fleurs type [BMC V], London, Wulgher, pvlgher on lvnd[–], 1.21g/9h (Allen, BNJ 2012, p.95; Conte/Archibald, SNC September 1990, p.235, pl. ii, 5, this coin; SCBI Mack 1516, same rev. die [= Ryan 902 and P. Carlyon-Britton 1445]; cf. BMC 34; N 861; S 1266). Part flat, otherwise very fine, extremely rare £1,500-£2,000
Hammer Price: £1,800
Henry I (1100-1135), Cut Halfpenny, Pointing Bust and Stars type [BMC VI], London, Ælfwine (?), ali[——]nde, 0.63g/12h (Allen, BNJ 2012, p.93; EMC 2003.0155, same obv. die; BMC –, but listed in table of moneyers on p.ccxxi [= Lockett 2919 and Drabble 646]; N 862; S 1267). Very fine, extremely rare £200-£300
Henry I (1100-1135), Penny, Pointing Bust and Stars type [BMC VI], London, Wulfgar, pvlgar [—] lvn[–], 1.28g/6h (Allen, BNJ 2012, p.95; Conte/Archibald, SNC September 1990, p.235, pl. ii, 6, this coin; BMC –; N 862; S 1267). Obverse poorly struck, reverse flat in parts but some detail quite sharp, extremely rare £900-£1,200
Hammer Price: £420
Henry I (1100-1135), Penny, Cross in Quatrefoil type [BMC IX], Winchester, Æthelwine, ailepine on pinc, 1.41g/3h (Allen, BNJ 2012, p.104; Winchester Mint 2187, this coin [= SCBI Mack 1530]; Künker 227, 2379, same dies; cf. BMC 53; N 865; S 1270). Officially incised in edge, a little crimped and with some weakness in legends, otherwise about very fine with a strong portrait, toned, very rare £1,000-£1,500
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![William I (1066-1087), Penny, Two Stars type [BMC V], Ilchester, Ægelwine, iegelpine on g, 1.39g/6h (Allen, BNJ...](https://media.noonans.co.uk/database_images/Cataloguing%20System/Internet%20-%20Lots%20%28Images%29/416215/Internet%20Image%201_w200h170.jpg)
![William I (1066-1087), Penny, Sword type [BMC VI], Winchester, Anderboda, andrbod on pinc, 1.38g/6h (Allen, BNJ...](https://media.noonans.co.uk/database_images/Cataloguing%20System/Internet%20-%20Lots%20%28Images%29/416217/Internet%20Image%201_w200h170.jpg)
![William I (1066-1087), Penny, Profile Right type [BMC VII], London, Godwi, godpi on liindii, 1.38g/12h (Allen, BNJ...](https://media.noonans.co.uk/database_images/Cataloguing%20System/Internet%20-%20Lots%20%28Images%29/416219/Internet%20Image%201_w200h170.jpg)
![William I (1066-1087), Penny, Profile Right type [BMC VII], in lead, mint and moneyer uncertain, op [——] cen...](https://media.noonans.co.uk/database_images/Cataloguing%20System/Internet%20-%20Lots%20%28Images%29/416222/Internet%20Image%201_w200h170.jpg)
![William I or William II, Penny, PAXS type [BMC VIII], Dorchester, Ottarr, oter on dorcest, 1.40g/9h (Allen, BNJ...](https://media.noonans.co.uk/database_images/Cataloguing%20System/Internet%20-%20Lots%20%28Images%29/416221/Internet%20Image%201_w200h170.jpg)
![William I or William II, Penny, PAXS type [BMC VIII], Wilton, Ælfwine, ielfpine on pitii, 1.37g/6h (Allen, BNJ...](https://media.noonans.co.uk/database_images/Cataloguing%20System/Internet%20-%20Lots%20%28Images%29/416225/Internet%20Image%201_w200h170.jpg)
![William II (1087-1100), Penny, Profile type [BMC I], Worcester, Eastmær, estmier on pihr, 1.39g/12h (Allen, BNJ...](https://media.noonans.co.uk/database_images/Cataloguing%20System/Internet%20-%20Lots%20%28Images%29/416226/Internet%20Image%201_w200h170.jpg)
![William II (1087-1100), Penny, Cross in Quatrefoil type [BMC II], Wilton, Sæwine, sepine on piltii, 1.39g/9h...](https://media.noonans.co.uk/database_images/Cataloguing%20System/Internet%20-%20Lots%20%28Images%29/416227/Internet%20Image%201_w200h170.jpg)
![William II (1087-1100), Penny, Cross Voided type [BMC III], London, Bruning, briinic on liin, 1.35g/9h (Allen, BNJ...](https://media.noonans.co.uk/database_images/Cataloguing%20System/Internet%20-%20Lots%20%28Images%29/416228/Internet%20Image%201_w200h170.jpg)
![William II (1087-1100), Penny, Cross Pattée and Fleury type [BMC IV], London, Walcin, piilcin on liind, 1.39g/9h...](https://media.noonans.co.uk/database_images/Cataloguing%20System/Internet%20-%20Lots%20%28Images%29/416229/Internet%20Image%201_w200h170.jpg)
![William II (1087-1100), Penny, Cross Fleury and Piles type [BMC V], Dover, Goldwine, goldpine on dof, 1.18g/9h...](https://media.noonans.co.uk/database_images/Cataloguing%20System/Internet%20-%20Lots%20%28Images%29/416230/Internet%20Image%201_w200h170.jpg)
![William II (1087-1100), Penny, Cross Fleury and Piles type [BMC V], Southwark, Sprot, sprot on siide, 1.37g/6h...](https://media.noonans.co.uk/database_images/Cataloguing%20System/Internet%20-%20Lots%20%28Images%29/416233/Internet%20Image%201_w200h170.jpg)
![Henry I (1100-1135), Penny, Annulets type [BMC I], Winchester, Shirwold, shirpod on [–]inc, 1.27g/6h (Allen, BNJ...](https://media.noonans.co.uk/database_images/Cataloguing%20System/Internet%20-%20Lots%20%28Images%29/416234/Internet%20Image%201_w200h170.jpg)
![Henry I (1100-1135), Penny, Profile/Cross Fleury type [BMC II], London, Wulfword, piilfpord on li, 1.35g/10h (Allen,...](https://media.noonans.co.uk/database_images/Cataloguing%20System/Internet%20-%20Lots%20%28Images%29/416235/Internet%20Image%201_w200h170.jpg)
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