William the Conqueror

 


King of England 1066-1087

Wikipedia entry for William the Conqueror

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  • 1168-1170?
  • Penny
  • AGEMVND ON LIN
  • Bonnet
  • BMC ii
  • 1.24gm/19.29mm
  • S 1251
  • N 0842
  • EX: Bermondsey Coins and Silbury Coins

 

 

 Lincoln; Die match to EMC:2007.0319. Moneyer appears to be mainly from Lincoln for this reign.

 

 

  • 1168-1170?
  • Penny
  • ROSCETEL ON EOI
  • Bonnet
  • BMC ii
  • 1.22gm/19.50mm
  • S1251
  • N 0842
  • EX: Triskeles Auction 29(13 September 2019), lot 539; Stoneridge Rarities(2018)

 

 

 York; SCBI 21-Yorkshire Collections:729-733. See Norman Kings in the British Museum, v.2, page 32, number 173, probable die match. Rare moneyer, appears to be known only from York, for the reigns of Harold II and William I and for William I, just for this type.

 

 

  • 1070-1072?
  • Cut 1/2 Penny
  • [OSBE]HRN ON Ð[EOTE]
  • Canopy
  • BMC iii
  • 0.41gm/16.15mm
  • S 1252
  • N 0843
  • EX Spink Auction 18006(26 September 2018), lot 1593(part of)

 

 

 Thetford; See Norman Kings in the British Museum, v.2, page 41, number 214, probable die match

 

 

  • 1072-1074?
  • Penny
  • ǷINE[?]GE ON CNT[?]
  • Two Sceptres
  • BMC iv
  • 1.08gm\18.29mm
  • S 1253
  • N 0844
  • EX: Halls Hammered Coins(Simon Hall)(Ticket)

 

 

 Canterbury

 

 

  • 1077-1080?
  • Penny
  • SǷARTBRAND ON D
  • Sword
  • BMC VI
  • 1.17gm/18.32mm
  • S 1255
  • N 0846
  • Found 1 January 2017 Thurnham, Kent,

 

 

 Dover; EMC 2012.0014, 2017.0012(this coin), 2019.0031. There are 114 coins of this type in the EMC/Sylloge database. The database also has only 48 coins in total of this mint. This moneyer appears on only the coins from Dover and only of this type. All of three coins in the database have the same reverse die. Brooke's Norman Kings has 29 coins durng the Norman time period from Dover and more than half are of the PAXS type. None of this type or moneyer for the mint can be found there.

 

 

  • 1083-1086
  • Penny
  • LIEFǷOLD ON ǷINC
  • PAXS
  • BMC viii
  • Crown 1
  • 1.36gm/19.50mm
  • S 1257
  • N 0848

 

 

 Winchester; See Norman Kings in the British Museum, v.2, page 204, number 1102, probable die match.

 

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