Stephen 'Canterbury Simon' Watford Penny 019195

Stephen 'Canterbury Simon' Watford Penny 019195
Excessively Rare, possibly Unique Stephen 'Canterbury Simon' Watford Penny
Silver, 1.11 grams, 20.17 mm. BMC Type i, 'Watford'; 1136-1145 AD. Obverse: profile bust with sceptre and +STEFNE RE legend. Reverse: cross moline with +SIMVN:ON:CAN legend for the moneyer Simon at Canterbury mint. S. 1278; N. 873. Very fine for this poorly struck issue, with small flan crack and slightly chipped edge, but extremely rare with a nice bust. Only this specimen for this moneyer (see EMC 2005.0159), recorded on the Early Medieval Coin Corpus at the Fitzwilliam Museum.
 
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