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Auction: 19006 - British, Indian and Islamic Coins: Autumn Auction
Lot: 233

Edward the Confessor (1042-66), Penny, Transitional Pyramids type, Worcester, Leofric, 1.26g, eadpard rex.', crowned bust facing, drapery joined at breast with annulet, rev. leofric on pihrei, voided short cross, pyramids in angles (N.835; BMC XIV; S.1185), struck on a compact and chunky flan, that exhibits a gradual furl between 9 and 12 o'clock and other light crimping at 5 o'clock, otherwise a most pleasing example of this extremely rare final Confessor issue, good very fine or better but for a trace of die clashing and subtle stress marks through portrait, Worcester previously unrecorded for this type

Provenance
Found near Weyhill, Andover, Hampshire, 9 January 2019
Recorded with the Fitzwilliam Museum, ref. EMC 2019.0061

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Sold for
£6,000

Starting price
£6000