LOT 2561
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Edward the Confessor - Thetford / Atsere - Facing Bust AR Penny 1024-1030 A.D.
BMC type xiii. Obv: facing bust with EDPARD REHX A legend. Rev: small cross with +ATSERONÐETFOR legend for the moneyer Atsere at Thetford mint. Very fine.(1.04 grams.). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Clarendon collection, part 1, Glendinings, March 2006.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Accompanied by a coin ticket.
S.1183; N. 830.
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LOT 2561
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Edward the Confessor - Thetford / Atsere - Facing Bust AR Penny
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
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