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Auction: 16019 - The Academic Collection of Lord Stewartby: English Coins part 1, Anglo-Saxon and Norman Coins
Lot: 293

Edward the Confessor (1042-66), Penny, 1.27g, Pointed Helmet type, Sudbury, Folcwine, bust right bearded, wearing pointed helmet and holding in right hand a sceptre, rev. +FOCWINE ON SVĐI, short cross voided, each limb terminating in three crescents; in centre, an annulet (N825; S1179), crinkled flan and a flat portrait, attractive tone, very fine in parts, excessively rare

PROVENANCE:
Baldwin January 1978 (£375)
B R Osborne, Glendining 23 April 1991, lot 72
Bt. Baldwin April 2002

Die duplicate of Elmore Jones 804. Sudbury is an extremely rare mint for Edward the Confessor

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Sold for
£400