Details
LOT 3833
Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Edward the Confessor AR Penny. Struck 1053-1056. York mint; Thorr, moneyer. Pointed Helmet type (BMC vii, Hild. F).
✠ EDPER-D REX, helmeted and draped bust to right, holding cross-tipped sceptre / ✠ ÐORR ON EOFERPI, voided short cross with pellet-in-annulet centre and triple crescent ends; annulet in first quarter. North 825; SCBC 1179. Good Very Fine. Toned. Detailed portrait.(1.38gr, 19mm, 5h.).
Provenance
Ex Spink and Sons Ltd.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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LOT 3833
Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Edward the Confessor AR Penny.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
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