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Auction: 19006 - British, Indian and Islamic Coins: Autumn Auction
Lot: 222

Edward the Confessor (1042-66), Penny, Pointed Helmet type, Steyning, Wulfric, 1.24g, 6h, + edþa•|d rex, legend starts at 12 o'clock, draped bust right, wearing helmet, sceptre before, rev. + þvferic on stæ•:, expanding cross, additional annulet in second quarter (H H King 27, this coin; Freeman 36; SCBI 1 (Fitzwilliam) 881 same reverse die; EMC 2018.0295 same dies; Hildebrand, type F; BMC VII; N.825; S.1179), toned, very fine, rare

Provenance
DNW 65, 16 March 2005, lot 178
Humphrey Lestocq Gilbert, Glendining, 16 March 1985, lot 192
Horace H King, collection dispersed by Baldwin (acquired 1975)
For further reading, see: H H King, "The Steyning Mint", BNJ (1942), pp. 1-7; and:
H H King, "The Coins of the Sussex Mints", BNJ (1955-57), Part II, pp. 249-63

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Sold for
£420

Starting price
£210