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Auction: 15005 - Ancient, British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 358

Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), Penny, 1.35g, Pyramids type, Stafford, Godwine, crowned bust right, sceptre before, rev. +godpine on stae, voided short cross, arms extending from a central annulet, pellet tipped pile in each angle (SCBI 18 Copenhagen, No 1182 - same dies; N.831; S.1184), reverse off-centre but a deceptively good piece with lustre, especially in reverse field, deeply toned and well struck, nearly extremely fine, some red wax from old impressions on reverse

provenance:
Bt. Spink, March 1975, £70 (ticket by Patrick Finn)

Due to the ambiguous mint signature on this piece it has historically been given to both Steyning and Stafford. Patrick Finn has infact crossed out Stafford and replaced it with Steyning on the Spink ticket. The attribution is now given to Stafford and indeed the moneyer Godwine may have also struck in the same type at Shrewsbury.

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Sold for
£800