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Auction: 18048 - The Williams Collection Part III - Norman Coins
Lot: 362

(x) William II (1087-1100), Penny, 1.36g, Cross Fleury and Piles type, Lewes, Brihtmaer, +pillelm rex, crowned and draped bust facing, holding sceptre in right hand, star to right, rev. + br[i]tmier [o]n lep, the nl ligate, cross fleury with a pile surmounted by a pellet in each angle (N.856; S.1262), reverse slightly double struck, otherwise good very fine, very rare

provenance:
Spink auction 81, 19 November 1990, lot 105
Spink Numismatic Circular, October 1989, no. 5356, 'very rare, an exceptional specimen of this issue, about extremely fine'
Lockett, part I, Glendining, 6-9 June 1955, lot 1039 (illustrated)

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