Penny of William I

Robert Warwick asked for a full ID and a valuation on the coin pictured here, in order to pass on details to a landowner. He said he feels like he is on a roll as the day before he contacted me he had upgraded to a Manticore.

This find is a penny of the first Norman King of England: William I. During his reign all the land previously owned by Anglo-Saxons was transferred to the ownership of Normans faithful to King William. On the obverse of this penny is a profile portrait of the king and the coin is an example of the first type struck for William I. 

On the reverse the legend reads +AGEMVND ON LINC, so Agemund is the moneyer and Lincoln the mint. This is a very rare type, mint and moneyer combination.

Valuation

The detail is a little weak in the centre and the coin has a slight edge chip but is otherwise in about VF condition. As it stands, my valuation figure would be £1,200.

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