The Anarchy, Baronial Magnates, William FitzRobert, 2nd Duke of Gloucester († 1183), Penny, struck c. 1147, West Country Mint, Sherborne [?], + [VVILL]ELM [...] : lombardic M, crowned bust facing, voided stars beside neck, rev. [....S]OR • O[... ...]VN, pellet-tipped voided quadrilobe over voided cross bottonée, 0.85g, (Spink 1332; N.945; SCBI 20 [Mack], 1643; EMC 2020.0280 this coin), chipped and split on a crimped flan and noticeably off-struck on obverse, otherwise delightfully toned, of the highest rarity and numismatic importance, being only the ninth recorded specimen of his coinage and first tentatively linked to this provincial Dorset mint and critical military strongpoint of the Anarchy
