WILLIAM I

William the Conqueror (1066-1086)
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H4043 - William I (1066-1087), Lead Seal, 5.94g., 24mm diameter, 3mm thick, in the style of a Paxs type (c.1083-c.1086), London mint, moneyer unknown, crowned facing bust of king, holding sceptre in his right hand, +PILLEM REX, rev. cross pattée, in each angle an annulet containing a letter of the word PAXS, [+......] ON LVNDENI (as N.848; S.1257), very fine or better, metal in good condition, has been bent in the past perhaps for official use, rare and interesting. $525 Seals of this type have been found in the Thames and it has suggested that they were officially produced and served as customs seals on goods traded through the port of London. The dies employed here whilst very well executed, up to the standard of the coinage, are too large to have been used to strike pennies.
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H4010 - William I (1066-1087), Silver Penny, 1.13g., Bonnet type (c.1068-c.1070), London - Eadwine, crowned facing bust of king, crown with dangling pendants, +PILLEMVS REX, rev., voided short cross with annulet in centre, pellet between two crescents at end of each limb, pile in each angle, +EDPINE ON LVN, (N.842; S.1251; Coin Register from British Numismatic Journal 61 (1991), no. 137 this coin), broken and repaired, extremely fine, toned. $395 SOLD Provenance: Found at Alderton, Suffolk, England. Coin Register from British Numismatic Journal 61 (1991), #137. Early Medieval Corpus of Coin Finds #1991.0137.
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GK16 - William I (1066-1087), Silver Penny, 0.99g., Bonnet type (c.1068-c.1070), London - Ælfsige, crowned facing bust of king, crown with dangling pendants, +PILLEM[VS RE]X A, rev., voided short cross with annulet in centre, pellet between two crescents at end of each limb, pile in each angle, +ÆOLFSI ON LVN[DE]N, (N.842; S.1251; same dies as SCBI 21 - Yorkshire: 1143), good extremely fine, chipped, toned, scarce. $525 SOLD
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GK20 - William I (1066-1087), Penny, 1.15g., Canopy type (c 1070-1072), London - Goding or Godric, crowned facing bust of king underneath a canopy supported by two columns, +PILLEMVS REX, rev. double quadrilateral with incurved sides, fleury at the angles, annulet at the centre, +GO[..]C ON LVNDDE, (N.843; S.1252), chipped, otherwise good very fine, rare. $595 SOLD
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GF25 - William I (1066-1087), Silver Penny, 1.34g., Two Sceptres type (1072-c.1074), Lincoln - Ulfr, crowned facing bust of king, holding a sceptre pattée left and a sceptre botonnée right, +PILLEM REX ANG, rev., cross fleury with annulet in centre over saltire botonnée, +VLF ON LINCOLN, (N.844; S.1253; Mossop lxxxii.6* (Aa)), toned, good very fine, superb provenance, scarce! $2500 Provenance: William C. Boyd (1840-1906) Collection, Baldwin's Auctions (42), 26 September 2005 (ticket included). Ex Hyman Montagu Collection, Sotheby's, 16 November 1897, lot 70, purchased by Boyd himself.
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GF26 - William I (1066-1087), Penny, 1.40g., Paxs type (c.1083-c.1086), Winchester - Lifinc, crowned facing bust of king, holding sceptre in his right hand, +PILLEM REX, rev. cross pattée, in each angle an annulet containing a letter of the word PAXS, +LIFINC ON PINCI (N.848; S.1257), fully struck up, practically as struck, toned, superb! $2295
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H4000 - William I (1066-1087), Penny, 1.38g., PAXS type (c.1083-c.1086), Winchester - Sprælinc, crowned facing bust of king, holding sceptre in his right hand, +PILLEM REX, rev. cross pattée, in each angle an annulet containing a letter of the word PAXS, +SPRIECLINC ON PINC, (N.848; S.1257), very fine, toned. $795
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H3338 - William I (1066-1087), Penny, 1.38g., PAXS type (c.1083-c.1086), Winchester - Wigmund, crowned facing bust of king, holding sceptre in his right hand, +PILLEM REX, rev., cross pattée, in each angle an annulet containing a letter of the word PAXS, +PIMVND ON PINC (N.848; S.1257), extremely fine, lustrous toning. $1695