Stephen (1135-1154), Penny, Cross Moline type, possibly Lewes, William, crude bust right holding sceptre, defaced by two crosses pommée joined by a bar, rev. cross moline, lis in angles, 1.28g/8h (Allen, BNJ 2012, p.111; Mack –; N 873; S 1278). Much of legends flat, centres nearly very fine, extremely rare; the second of two recorded specimens, both found recently
£1,000-1,200

In recording the coin for the Early Medieval Corpus (EMC 2012.0004), Dr Martin Allen made the following observation: ‘There is a coin of Lewes in the Fitzwilliam Museum with an erasure of one cross moline, and I suspect that your coin and EMC 2011.0097 might also be from a Sussex mint (the West Sussex find provenances provide some support for this suggestion). The reverse inscription of your find is unclear, but this might be a coin of the Lewes moneyer Willem. This is far from certain, however’