Great Britain Silver & Bronze
Lot 783 SESSION 3 (Wednesday at 2.30pm) Great Britain Silver & Bronze
Estimate $750
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SOLD $950
STEPHEN, (1135-1154), silver penny, Watford type, issued c.1136-1145, BMC i, Hastings mint, (1.41 grams), obv. inner circle around traces of STEIFNE: REX, rev. [PE]NSTAN: ON: [hAS]T (Wenstan of Hastings), (S.1278, N.873). Weak in places but better than average, very fine and very rare.
Ex R. Cullum Collection, purchased from B.A. Seaby, Ltd, London, September 28, 1946 for £2.0.0.
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