Short Cross coinage, Penny, class Ia2, Wilton, Rodbert, rodbert· on· wil (over win), dies 7/5, 1.23g/4h (SCBI Mass 169, same dies; N 962; S 1343). Surfaces porous and weak on face, otherwise good fine and very rare £120-£150

S. Elden Collection

The alteration of the reverse die is attributed to the removal of the dies from Winchester to Wilton following the fire of 14-15 July 1180 which destroyed the Winchester mint (see 'The Emergency Mint of Wilton in 1180', by J.D. Brand and F. Elmore Jones, BNJ 35 [1966], pp.116-19).