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№ 539

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28 September 2005

Hammer Price:
£1,000

Stephen (1135-1154), Penny, Wareham, Rogier, facing bust between two mullets, w[illel]mvs, round m, s on its side, rev. voided cross with trefoil of pellets on ends of limbs over quatrefoil with pellets at points, ro[g]ier [de] wa[r], 0.84g/11h (Mack 265, same dies; N 945; S 1334). Chipped, broken and repaired, extremely rare (£1,000-1,500)

Provenance:
Found in Dorset c. 1990.

Mack recorded two examples: the first, now in the National Museum of Wales (formerly Norweb IV, 1288, Ryan II, 941, Carlyon-Britton 1504 and S. Page), and the second in the N.C. Ballingal collection (formerly Grantley 1321, Reynolds 93 and L.A. Lawrence)