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Auction: 11023 - Ancient, English & Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 36

x Edward the Confessor, Penny, 1.20g, sovereign/eagles type, Guildford, Blacaman, king crowned seated on throne looking right holding long sceptre in right hand and orb in left hand, rev. +blaceman on gyldeor, voided short cross, bird in each angle (N.827; S.1181), light crack at two o´clock, dark tone, good detail of king´s head, very fine, extremely rare Estimate £ 1,200-1,500 provenance Spink auction 50, 6-7 March 1986, lot 714 LA Lawrence, Glendining, 14 March 1951, lot 279 Six example are recorded of this issue for Guildford.

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