William the Conqueror (1066-1087), PAXS Type, Penny, 1083-1086, Exeter, Sæwine, + PILLELM REX, crowned facing bust, cross-tipped sceptre right, rev. + SEPINE ON IEXEC, short cross, P A X S in angles commencing in the second quarter, 1.35g [20.83grns], 9h (SCBI 12 [Ashmolean], 122; North 848; BMC VIII, 665/675; S.1257), softly struck in parts, otherwise lightly retoned on a full flan, of excellent fabric, very fine, a popular provincial mint



























