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CM05144

William I Penny, PAXS type, Hythe, Eadred, ex Lockett

William I (1066-87), silver PAXS Penny (1083-86), Hythe Mint, Moneyer Eadred, facing crowned bust with sceptre to right, crown 3, Latin legend and beaded circles surrounding both sides, +PILLELM REX, rev. cross pattee, each letter of PAXS in an annulet per angle, +EDRED ON HIÐE, weight 1.42g (BMC VIII 711; N.850; S.1257). Toned, one light crease, struck from a rusted die, good very fine and very rare.

The Latin legends translate as "William King of the English" on obverse and on the reverse "Eadred of Hythe."

Provenance:

Ex Richard Cyril Lockett, English part I, Glendining, 6th June 1955, lot 970 part.

Ex Glendining, 24th May 1972, lot 667.

Ex Sotheby, 19th April 1993, lot 129.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Auction 108, 16th May 2018, lot 1139.

In the British Museum publication Norman Kings, their own example of this coin is noted as also struck from rusted dies and was acquired from the Beaworth find of 1833 which is where most of the Pax type Pennies in the collecting world likely emanated from. This coin may well be from that find of 1833 as it is of a similar nature.

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