William I silver penny

Jon Tranter said this coin turned up in Hampshire. It’s a William I silver penny, which we rarely see as a detecting find.

On the obverse the head of the king faces right and on the reverse is a cross pattee with an annulet centre and voided trefoils in each angle. Therefore, this is a penny of BMC type VII, which is the rarest for William I. The legend on the reverse reads +EDPI ON LVNDEN, so Edwine is the moneyer and London the mint.

Valuation

Auction prices for William I type VII have recently been rather erratic. Coins very similar to this one have sold for £850, £1,000 and £1,500. This specimen is a little weak in places but is otherwise in about VF condition. If I was cataloguing it for sale at auction I would set the pre-sale estimate at £900-1,200 and hope that the hammer price was nearer to the higher figure than the lower one.

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