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Auction: 18048 - The Williams Collection Part III - Norman Coins
Lot: 413

(x) Stephen (1135-54), Penny, 0.82g, Voided Cross and Mullets type, Sandwich (or Sudbury?), crowned bust three-quarters left, holding sceptre in right hand, rev. [...] on : s[..], plain cross voided with a mullet in each angle (Mack 65; N.878; S.1280), clipped, good fine

provenance:
Stack collection, Sotheby, 22-23 April 1999, lot 672
Seaby, October 1980
Found at Castle Hill, Folkstone

Listed as Sandwich in the Stack catalogue, based on the letter after the S being read as A. The lower part of the letter is visible, and it could be a letter A with almost touching feet. It is more probably a V. Mack (65) and North list Sandwich for this type, and it is a very rare mint. Sudbury is not listed by either Mack or North for this type (but it is listed for types I and VII), and if this coin does read svd it would be extremely rare.

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Sold for
£280