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Auction: 1011 - Ancient, English & Foreign Coins, Commemorative Medals & Numismatic Books
Lot: 215

Edward the Confessor, Penny, 1.26g, hammer cross type with defaced reverse die, Thetford, Blacere, bearded, draped crowned bust left, sceptre before, rev. +blacera on Ðet, voided short cross, each arm terminating with an incurved segment, die erasure cuts in second and fourth quarters (N.828/1; N.1182 var), very fine, very rare Estimate £ 500-600 Five other defaced coins by this moneyer for Thetford have been traced. provenance Spink July 2003 Dr. W Conte, III, 2003, lot 1457 Arnott, 21 March 1995, lot 338 RC Lockett III, 4 November 1958, lot 2834b EH Wheeler, Sotheby, 12 March 1930, lot 118e Carlyon Britton, Sotheby, 17 November 1913, lot 631a Ex Evans, bt Carlyon Britton London, Walbrook Hoard, c.1872 With Dr. W Conte ticket.

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£750