England (1136-45) penny
This specimen was lot 44472 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Oklahoma City, OK, August 2025), where it sold for $720. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Penny, ND (1136-45). Canterbury Mint; Wulfwine, moneyer. Stephen. PCGS EF-40. Cross Moline [Watford] (BMC i) type. Obverse: Crowned bust right, holding lis-tipped scepter; Reverse: Cross moline. From the Cookie Family Collection. Ex: Stack Collection (Sotheby's Sale L09443 04/1999) Lot # 663. From the Cookie Family Collection. Ex: Frederick S. Knobloch Collection (Coin Galleries 11/1986) Lot # 1058." Other mints for this type include Gloucester, Hereford, Leicester, London and Wilton.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 1.08-1.39 g, silver.
Catalog reference: S-1278; N-873.
- 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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