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Auction: 15005 - Ancient, British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 352

Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), Penny, 1.15g, Expanding cross type, light issue, 1050-51, North-Eastern variety, York, Thor, diademed bust left, sceptre before, 'Jewel cross' style bust, rev. +Ðorr on eofrpic, voided short cross with expanding arms extending from central pellet within two circles, annulet in fourth quarter (SCBI 20 Mack, No 1188; N.822; S.1176), some light areas of weakness but generally a good strike, a tidy piece and with a pleasing old collection tone, good very fine

provenance:
Bt. SNC, October 1975, No 8722 (illustrated), £210

The 'Jewel cross' variant bust is designated by North as a North-Eastern variety. This bust is listed in the Expanding cross light coinage for Lincoln, Norwich Stamford, and York.

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Sold for
£480