Norman
Kings
(see
also “Saxon” section for earlier English Hammered coins)
William The
Conqueror (AD 1066 - 1087). Norman King Read about William I
WMH-4699: William 1st
Hammered Silver Norman Penny. B.M.C. I, profile left type.
1066 – 68. PVLFMAER.ON.RV. A high grade coin
from the rarer B.M.C. I issue and from the very rare Romney mint. Choice. £1,750
WMH-4652: William 1st Hammered
Silver Norman Penny. B.M.C. 2, bonnet type, 1068-70. York
mint town. A rarer
type and a coin in outstanding grade.
Choice.
£1,195
WMH-4224: William 1st
Hammered Norman Penny. Canterbury
(WINEDI), PAXS type (B.M.C. 8).
Affordable example. £439
WMH-4291: William 1st
Hammered Norman Penny. Canterbury
(SIMAER), PAXS type (B.M.C. 8). Nice
example. £535
WMH-4698: William 1st
Hammered Norman Penny. Wallingford (Oxford) mint –
IEGLPINE.ON.PIIL, PAXS type (B.M.C. 8).
Wallingford is rare as any
Norman mint but very rare on the PAXS type.
There were no William 1st PAXS Wallingford
coins in the Elmore Jones collection. The
less rare William 1st type B.M.C. 5 Wallingford
penny (ex H.A. Parsons collection) sold several years ago for £1,500 on this
website. An extremely
difficult coin to source. £1,450
WMH-4771: William 1st
Hammered Norman Penny. Southwark
mint (LIFPORD), PAXS type (B.M.C. 8).
Nice example. £499
William “Rufus” II (AD 1087
- 1100). Norman King Read about William II
Henry I (AD
1100 - 1135). Norman King Read about Henry I
Round
Halfpennies
WMH-4814: Henry 1st
Hammered Silver ROUND Halfpenny. Facing
head, cross potent with pellets in angles. No B.M.C. number but this coin is officially snicked, indicating that the issue falls somewhere between
types 6 and 14. Around 1107, during the
type VI coinage, the government ordered all coins to be mutilated at issue to
prove to the public that the entire coin was silver. It is interesting to note that in 1124 all of
the English moneyers were summoned to Winchester,
where most of them were castrated and had the right hand amputated, on the
orders of Henry I. The king seems to have suspected the moneyers
of malpractice, and he acted with typical ruthlessness. There is a unique halfpenny recorded with its
reverse using a class 9 penny die. Class
9 was struck in 1109. This coin is 1 of
only 13 known examples with the Fitzwilliam holding 8 and the British Museum
holding at least one (Hereford mint).
Several of the other 12 examples are damaged with large chips missing,
presumably along the mutilation cut (see Fitzwilliam early medieval corpus, 410
– 1180). This example is probably one of
the best struck of all extant examples. Extra
(large) images here
and here. The moneyer is Thorsteinn and the mint is either Norwich
or Northampton although as the find
spot is Norfolk and there is
already a Norwich halfpenny
(damaged) recorded (Fitzwilliam corpus), a Norwich
mint town looks a strong favourite. The
coin is sold with a printout of the Fitzwilliam entry in the corpus. Likely to be the only Henry 1st
round halfpenny in private hands and further likely to be the best example out
of all known examples. P.O.A.
Pennies
WMH-4915: Henry 1st
Hammered Silver B.M.C. I Norman Penny. Annulets type, struck Autumn
1100 only. SHIREWOLD
of Winchester. Wavy flan but good
silver so could easily be made flat again.
A very rare type for Henry 1st. The Elmore Jones collection (1983) didn’t
contain a single type 1 example. The
H.A. Parsons collection (1954) had a single type 1 from Lewes (ex. Drabble
collection). £975
WMH-4785: Henry 1st
Hammered Silver Norman Penny. B.M.C.
X – cross fleury. Circa 1117 only. Better than the Spink
example. With a contemporary test cut
(most early type Henry 1st coins have test cuts – in fact the Spink example has a similar test cut in about the same
place). An interesting
coin for two reasons. Firstly,
the moneyer (GODRIC) is latinised
and appears as GODRICVS. I’m not aware
of any other Lincoln mint Henry 1st
pennies having latinised names. The Fitzwilliam database certainly shows Godric as unlatinised on all of
its examples. Secondly, until recently Godric was unknown as a type 10 moneyer. £795
WMH-4357: Henry 1st
Hammered Silver Norman Penny. B.M.C.
XII – cross and annulets. Circa 1119 only. Very
good strike – good VF although coin off-struck, hence undetermined mint and
moneyer. Ex B. Treglen collection.
£629
WMH-3921: Henry 1st
Hammered Silver Norman Penny. London
mint, type XV (Quadrilateral on cross fleury
type) and part of the famous Pimprez Hoard (above
average for coins in this hoard). £399
WMH-4159: Henry 1st Norman Penny,
BMC 15, London Mint. Quadrilateral
on cross fleury type. 1125-35. £419
WMH-4160: Henry 1st Norman Penny,
BMC 15, NORTHAMPTON Mint.
Quadrilateral on cross fleury
type. Tentative mint town based on
available reverse legend: “(GEFF)REI-(ON-HAMTU)”. 1125-35. £365
WMH-4220: Henry 1st Norman Hammered
WINCHESTER Penny. B.M.C. XV,
Quadrilateral on cross fleury. Very good grade for issue. £489
WMH-4320: Henry 1st
Hammered Silver LINCOLN Penny.
B.M.C. XV, Quadrilateral on cross fleury.
SIWARD-ON-NICOLE. £399
WMH-4321: Henry 1st
Hammered Silver NORWICH Penny.
B.M.C. XV, Quadrilateral on cross fleury. Toned. £319
WMH-4660: Henry 1st
Hammered Silver London Penny. B.M.C.
XV, Quadrilateral on cross fleury. DEREMAN.RI-ON-LVN. Not listed in North but recorded in
BMC (Plate XLVIII, 1). £319
Stephen (AD
1135 - 1154). Norman King Read about Stephen
Voided
Cross “Awbridge” types:
WMH-3417: Stephen Norman Kings’
Hammered Silver Penny. Rare VOIDED
CROSS type, B.M.C. VII “Awbridge” type (1154 –
1158). ALVRIC-ON-NOR (Norwich). Strong bust, rarer type.
£895 RESERVED (I.M.)
WMH-4367: Stephen “AWBRIDGE” Norman
Hammered Silver Portrait Penny.
Rarer VOIDED CROSS type, B.M.C. VII “Awbridge”
type (1154 – 1158). Not far off being
“as struck” and with a strong portrait.
The reverse clearly reads “…DNO…”. There are no moneyers
with that letter combination and it seems unlikely that there would have been a
Norman moneyer with that combination in his
name. The only mint town that fits is Dunwich (Suffolk), which has the abbreviation “DVNO” (amongst
others). The coin was found in Norfolk / Suffolk.
However, Dr Martin Allen, on the strength of this image, identifies the
reverse as reading “…LDNOL…”. After studying the
coin carefully, I tentatively question the first “L” and strongly question the
second. A coin for the
researcher amongst you and a coin that may be from the extremely rare mint town
of Dunwich. That aside, it is a lovely coin and from the
rarer B.M.C. VII issue. Dave Darrington has
added to the research on this coin. His
tentative findings will be included with the coin. £599
WMH-4243: Stephen Norman Kings’
Hammered Silver Penny. Rare VOIDED
CROSS type, B.M.C. VII “Awbridge” type (1154 –
1158). RODBERT-ON-LVN (London). Ex Carlyon Britton (1970). Rarer type. £459
Stephen
Cross Moline “Watford”
types:
WMH-4162: Stephen Norman Kings’
CHESTER Hammered Silver Penny. 1135
– 1154. Cross Moline (Watford)
type, B.M.C. 1. Ex Prestwich hoard.
Moneyer = Ravenswert. £370
WMH-4872: Stephen Norman Kings’
EXETER Hammered Silver Penny. 1135
– 1154. Cross Moline (Watford)
type, B.M.C. 1. High
grade coin. Rarer
Exeter mint. Unusually large bust which is not
mirrored in the example illustrated in the BM catalogue of Norman coins (BRIHTWE:ON:EXCES) but is mirrored in the Elmore Jones example,
{ALG}AR:ON:EX, which is not surprising as the two coins seem to be die-paired. BMC does not list this moneyer
for Exeter. Rare. £795
WMH-4163: Stephen Norman Kings’
HASTINGS Hammered Silver Penny. 1135
– 1154. Cross Moline (Watford)
type, B.M.C. 1. Ex Wicklewood
(Norfolk) hoard 1989 and sold with Christies original
ticket for the sale 15-5-90 (lot # 12).
Sapine = moneyer. £345
WMH-4221: Stephen Norman Kings’ HEREFORD Hammered Silver Penny. 1135 – 1154.
Cross Moline (Watford) type, B.M.C. 1. Ex Spink (May 1989). A rare mint town. £425
WMH-4029: Stephen Norman Kings’
LEICESTER Hammered Penny. 1135 – 1154.
Cross Moline (Watford) type.
Rarer Leicester mint (SAMER). £649
WMH-4028: Stephen Norman Kings’
LINCOLN Hammered Penny. 1135 – 1154.
Cross Moline (Watford) type.
Rarer Lincoln mint (SIGWARD). Good bust. Some provenance. £649
WMH-4031: Stephen Norman Kings’
LONDON Hammered Penny. 1135 – 1154.
Cross Moline (Watford) type.
London mint (SMAEWINE). Good bust with unusually strong / complete
legends. £499
WMH-4161: Stephen Norman Kings’
NORWICH Hammered Silver Penny. 1135
– 1154. Cross Moline (Watford)
type, B.M.C. 1. Ex Prestwich hoard.
Very clear mint town but moneyer totally missing due to a tilted upper
die. “Coins of the Anarchy 1135-54”
suggest this may have been a deliberate act as a way of protecting the moneyer
during troubled times. £425 RESERVED (I.M.)
WMH-4051: Stephen Norman Kings’
SUDBURY Hammered Silver Penny. 1135
– 1154. Cross Moline (Watford) type. Probably EDWARD as the
moneyer but not conclusive. The
mint town is also not clear although the portrait (which is unusually strong)
is a South Eastern type and Sudbury is the best fit. £695
WMH-4030: Stephen Norman Kings’
WINCHESTER Hammered Penny. 1135 – 1154.
Cross Moline (Watford) type.
Winchester mint (SIWARD). £460
WMH-4477: Stephen Norman Kings’
WINCHESTER Hammered Penny. 1135 – 1154.
Cross Moline (Watford) type.
Winchester mint (ALWOLD). £460
WMH-4786: Stephen Norman Kings’
Winchester (?) Hammered Penny. 1135 – 1154.
Cross Moline (Watford) type.
Moneyer reads “{RO}GIRVS”
which is the latinised version of Rogier. The coin is off-struck on the reverse making
a mint reading impossible. Warham and Winchester are the most likely mint towns. Warham is a very
rare mint town for this type and of the five known examples (two pairs of dies), the latinised version does not
appear. However, the obverse style is
similar to those coins. For Winchester,
there is a latinised version of Rogier
known (BMC 127/128) although this coin is not a die pair to that one and is
actually quite dissimilar is several aspects on the obverse. Saying all that, this is an excellent
portrait coin, probably from Winchester, and is a much rarer coin with the lastinised moneyer. £649
WMH-4253: Stephen Norman Kings’ YORK
Hammered Penny. 1135 – 1154. Cross Moline (Watford)
type. York mint (AVTGRIM). £360
Stephen Civil War Issues:
WMH-4653: Stephen Hammered Silver
Norman Penny. An extremely rare
North-Eastern and Scottish Borders variant (Spink 1306). Crude detail but incredibly good grade /
strike for issue. Some clipping and a
flan crack. A very
rare coin. £525
WMH-4751: Stephen Hammered Silver
Norman Penny. An
extremely rare Southern variant Civil War issue penny (Spink
1295). Reverse voided cross Moline. Excellent detail for issue. A very faint flan crack does not detract and
the coin is stable. Southampton
doesn’t even exist as a mint town for Norman coinage according to Spink 2009 – it’s that rare. Fully documented in North
and Spink.
A very rare coin. £950
Queen
Matilda (AD 1139 - 1148). Norman Kings (& Queens!) Read about Matilda
WMH-4585: Queen Matilda Norman
Hammered Silver Penny. Circa early 1141.
Obverse: Empress Matilda, left,
with crude design and flowing hair, reverse:
cross Moline, fleurs in angles. One of the most difficult
British monarchs to obtain as very few coins survive. Of those that have survived, most are in
museums and the rest are in poor condition (fragments, cracked etc). This coin is totally stable with a nice ring
when dropped. Originally
part of the Beauvais Hoard (the only example of
Matilda from that hoard). The
obverse appears to be from an unrecorded die although the off-strike on this
example coupled with the poor strikes in general on other recorded examples make this far from conclusive. The issue of Matilda coinage was minuscule in
comparison to Henry 1st and Stephen and was probably political
rather than financial. It has been shown
that Matilda coinage was struck from silver sheet that was not properly
annealed, which accounts for some of the problems with the coinage. The main problem, however, appears to be that
the upper die was not held perfectly upright, as on this coin. Large image here. It has been suggested that this was
intentional in order that the moneyer might remain anonymous during such
troubled times. This coin is a superior
example and comes with provenance right from when it was found to the
present. It is further benefited by
having the letters MAT of MATILDI clearly visible as well as the majority of
the bust and the all-important flowing hair.
SOLD
WMH-3596: Queen Matilda Norman
Hammered Silver Penny. AD 1139-48
but generally accepted that all coins were struck AD 1141. Matilda was the rightful blood-line heir to
the Norman throne of England as Stephen was Matilda’s cousin. In AD 1141 Matilda defeated and captured
Stephen and was thus Queen. She lasted
less than a year before Stephen regained the throne. This coin was unknown before the small Coed-y-Wenallt (Cardiff) hoard was found in 1980. It
comprised 102 coins mainly from the Cardiff mint.
By no means all the coins were from Matilda and only a handful of this
very rare reverse type – cross pattee over cross fluery with triple pellets at the cross terminals were in
the hoard. It was said that the few
Matilda coins in the hoard immediately trebled the known examples. This coin is totally stable with a nice ring
when dropped. Provenance - Spink and
comes with Spink ticket. It is about as
struck and is problem-free. Excessively rare. SOLD
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