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Auction: 14006 - Ancient, British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 208

Edward the Confessor (1042-66), Penny, 1.67g, heavy issue, expanding cross type, Bedford, Swota, helmeted bust left, sceptre before, rev. +spot on bedefor, voided short cross with expanding arms extending from central pellet within two circles (Freeman 55; N.823; S.1177), obverse struck from a rusty die, weakness on reverse, nearly very fine, a very rare type for this mint, only one other specimen listed by Freeman; the British Museum example

provenance
Baldwin's auction, 2006
P. W. P. Carlyon-Britton, lot 1124

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Sold for
£280