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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Medieval & Modern Coins| > |France| > ME79660
France, Provincial, Duchy of Normandie, William the Conqueror, 1035 - 1087, In the Name of William Rufus(?)
|France|, |France,| |Provincial,| |Duchy| |of| |Normandie,| |William| |the| |Conqueror,| |1035| |-| |1087,| |In| |the| |Name| |of| |William| |Rufus(?)|, There are two varieties of this denier, one with RICAR above the pediment (Legros 336) and the other with two W's (Legros 337, Dumas and Legros list only one specimen, in the Brussels Coin Cabinet). These two types were struck in the reign of William the Conqueror, after 1070. The RICAR issue may have been struck in the name of his son Richard (1057- c. 1081), Duke of Bernay; and the W's may refer to his son William Rufus (1056 - 1100), King of the English.
ME79660. Silver denier, Dumas pl. XX, 12 (Brussels Coin Cabinet); Legros 337 (same, unique); Poey d'Avant -; Duplessy Féodales -; Roberts -; De Wit Collection -, VF, toned, Rouen mint, weight 0.801g, maximum diameter 18.5mm, die axis 0o, c. 1070 - 1081; obverse + NORMANNA, cross pattée, pellets in each quarter, within linear inner border; reverse stylized cathedral facade, cross within arched doorway, two pellets above arch, two towers flanking (each a line topped with an annulet), pellet in triangular pediment, two W's (for William Rufus?) above the pediment; extremely rare; SOLD











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