Coins and Historical Medals

Stephen (1135-1154), Penny, Cross Moline type [BMC I], Edinburgh, Erebald, bust right with sceptre, [———]r, rev. cross moline, lis in angles, [—]ld on e[——], 1.37g/11h (Allen, BNJ 2012, p.108; Mack 280; BMC –; N 874; S 1308). Off-centre, otherwise good fine, extremely rare £800-£1,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Coins of the Carlisle Mint from the John Mattinson Collection.

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Provenance: Bt B.M. Greenaway.

Erebald (the son of William FitzBaldwin) minted for Henry I, David and Stephen at Carlisle, for Henry of Scotland at Corbridge and for David at Edinburgh. This coin is from a Carlisle obverse die and an Edinburgh reverse die where Erebald, possibly travelling between the two mints, mixed the dies