England (1083-86) penny S-1257
This specimen was lot 40292 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Oklahoma City, OK, August 2025), where it sold for $2,640. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Penny, ND (ca. 1083-86). Bath Mint; Osmaer, moneyer. William I "the Conqueror". NGC MS-61. Obverse: + PILLELM REX, crowned bust facing, holding sceptre; Reverse: + OSMIER ON BAÐNI, short cross pattee; annulets with letters P-A-X-S in angles. A VERY RARE mint for this type, with only 8 examples recorded in the Beauworth hoard. The strike is quite well-centered, with only minor weakness in areas and a fully legible mint and moneyer. Ex: Collection of Alfred Leonard Fuller of Bath (1870-1941). Ex: Spink & Son (7/1899) for £0.12.6. Ex: Sotheby's (3/1899) Lot # 6 (part of). Ex: Alexander Durlacher Collection. Ex: Beauworth Hoard (Hants), found 6/1833." Numista reports this type from Canterbury, Chester, Exeter, London, Steyning, Wareham and Winchester.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 1.34 g, silver, 20 mm diameter, this specimen 1.36 g.
Catalog reference: S-1257; N-848. Paxs (BMC viii) type.
- Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date, London: Coincraft, 1995.
- Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2025 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, featuring The Richard August Collection and the Richard Margolis Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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