Penny - Civil War Angevins, Empress Matilda

Matilda never secured a coronation. She was proclaimed "Lady of the English" at Winchester in April 1141 following Stephen's capture at Lincoln, but her brief dominance collapsed within months — driven out of London by a popular uprising before she could be crowned, and Stephen was ransomed back before the year was out. These pennies were struck during the narrow window of her effective control, primarily from mints in the west and southwest where her support was strongest, particularly Bristol under the influence of her half-brother Robert of Gloucester.

The Anarchy produced coins from multiple competing authorities simultaneously, which makes attribution genuinely difficult. Sp#1326B sits within a contested body of types.