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EM15904

William II cross in quatrefoil Penny, Hastings, moneyer Godric, ex Lockett

William II (1087-1100), silver cross in quatrefoil type Penny (1089-92?), Hastings Mint, Moneyer Godric, facing crowned bust to edge of coin with sword resting on shoulder, Latin legend commencing lower left with inner linear and outer beaded circles surrounding both sides, +PILLELMI RE, rev. pellet at centre of cross pattée in quatrefoil, pellet in each inner angle, +GODRIC ON HIIST, weight 1.37g (N.852; S.1259). Struck from a lightly rusted obverse die, toned, very fine and very rare.

The Latin legends translate as "William King" on obverse and "Godric of Hastings" on the reverse.

The Cinque Port of Hastings on the East Sussex coast is mentioned in the Burghal Hidage and was first overrun by the Danes in 1011. Most famously known for the Battle of Hastings in 1066, William the Conqueror actually landed at Pevensey a few miles down the coast and marched to Hastings where he first built a stockade. The battlefield where he defeated Harold Godwinson is actually just over 5 miles inland at the town of Battle and the stockade was later fortified as a stone built castle.

Provenance:

Ex Richard Cyril Lockett, English part I, 6th June 1955, lot 1009, sold for £9/10/-

Ex Baldwin Auction 40, 3rd May 2005, lot 124.

Purchased from A H Baldwin & Sons Ltd, Summer 2006.

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