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Auction: 19006 - British, Indian and Islamic Coins: Autumn Auction
Lot: 219

Edward the Confessor (1042-66), Penny, Trefoil-Quadrilateral type, London, Swetman, 0.86g, 4h, + edþar|d rex•, legend starts at 12 o'clock, diademed and draped bust left, sceptre before, rev. + sþetman on lvnd:, trefoil-tipped quatrefoil over voided short cross (SCBI 20 (Mack) 1141; Hildebrand type C; BMC III; N.817; S.1174), very fine, only one example recorded for this moneyer of EMC, rare thus

Provenance
Bloomsbury Auctions, 21 June 2006, lot 646

with old collector's ticket, seemingly stating: 'Thatcher, 6.12.53'

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Sold for
£320

Starting price
£140