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Auction: 14006 - Ancient, British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 212

Edward the Confessor (1042-66), Penny, 1.23g, sovereign-eagles type, Wallingford, Brunwine, king, crowned, seated looking right and holding long sceptre, left, and orb, right, rev. +brunpine on pael., voided short cross, birds in angles (N.827; S.1181), matte tone, some light pitting on obverse, central trike, undertype apparent throughout, very fine, an interesting and rare piece

provenance
Baldwin 1962 £6.10s (ticket in the hand of F. Elmore-Jones)

This coin appears to be struck from recut dies of the Pointed helmet type, cf Eaglen collection, Baldwin's auction, 12-13 October 1998, lots 1416 and 1587 for other examples of recut dies

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Sold for
£360