Coins, Historical Medals and Antiquities

William I (1066-1087), Penny, Canopy type [BMC III], Wallingford, Beorhtmær, brihtmær on pal, 1.32g/11h (Allen, BNJ 2012, p.82; Lessen 371 and Spink 249, 40, same dies; SCBI Ashmolean 54 [obv.] & 55 [rev.], same dies; BMC 216; N 843; S 1252). Face of monarch and drapery weakly struck [exactly as Lessen 371], otherwise very fine, attractive iridescent toning, scarce £600-£800

V.J.E. Ryan Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction, 22-24 January 1952, lot 839; G.V. Doubleday Collection, Glendining Auction, 8 June 1988, lot 848; Royal Berkshire Collection