Auction: 22005 - British and World Coins - Spring Auction
Lot: 29
Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), 'Hammer Cross' Type, Penny, 1059-1062, Dorchester, Blacman, crowned and draped bust right, trefoil-tipped sceptre before, rev. + BLACAMAN ON DORC, voided short cross with 'hammer' terminals, 1.30g, 12h (BEH Type G; North 828; BMC XI; Spink 1182), heavily crimped, otherwise of good metal, toned, struck details a really bold very fine, extremely rare, none recorded on EMC or in SCBI
Provenance
F Elmore-Jones, Glendining, 12-13 May 1971, lot 254 - very fine but bent, extremely rare - £95
R C Lockett, Glendining, 4-6 November 1958, lot 2823 [part] - all extremely fine and rare - £28.0.0
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Sold for
£1,400
Starting price
£250