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LOT 2557
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Edward the Confessor - Thetford / Estmund - Small Flan Penny 1048-1050 A.D.
BMC type ii. Obv: diademed profile bust with EDWERD REX legend. Rev: short voided cross with +ESTMVNDONÐE legend for the moneyer Estmund at Thetford mint. Very fine.(0.75 grams.). [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired UK auction, 2010.
Property of a Kent collector.
Literature
S. 1175; N. 818; see Hildebrand 718 for similar reverse reading.
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LOT 2557
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Edward the Confessor - Thetford / Estmund - Small Flan Penny
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
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