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Auction: 18048 - The Williams Collection Part III - Norman Coins
Lot: 450

(x) William of Gloucester (c.1147), Penny, 0.88g, uncertain mint, [+ wil]lelm, the m rounded, crowned bust right holding sceptre, the crown flat and decorated with four 'pearls' similar to that on coins of Henry of Anjou, rev. [...]lel[...], quadrilateral over cross fleury with pellet in each angle, similar to the last type of Henry I and also the last type of Henry of Anjou (BMC p. cxxix - this coin; Mack 262 - this coin; SCBI 20 (Mack) 1642 - this coin; N.945/1; S.1332), several cracks, otherwise good fine and toned, with a clear and distinctive Angevin portrait, extremely rare

provenance:
Spink Numismatic Circular, March 1992, no. 884
Mack collection
Ryan, part II, Glendining, 22-24 January 1952, lot 943 (illustrated), £29 to Spink
Grantley, part 4, Glendining, 20-21 April 1944, lot 1322 (illustrated), £28 to Baldwin
Reynolds, part II, Sotheby, 5-6 June 1919, lot 91

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Sold for
£4,000