Coins, Historical Medals & Paper Money

Stephen (1135-1154), Penny, North-Eastern variant, Durham, Fobund, bust right, holding sceptre, star in front, [st]ie[ne re·], rev. fobvnd : on [——], cross moline with fleurs and annulets in angles, annulets in spandrels, 1.22g/11h (EMC 2017.0276; cf. DNW 86, 927; Mack 188; BMC 252; N 916; S 1304). Better than fine, very rare; the first stray find of the type to be listed on EMC £1,500-1,800

Provenance: Found in Lincolnshire September 2017