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Auction: 23005 - The "Haddenham" Collection of English Coins
Lot: 295

The 'Haddenham' Collection of English Coins | Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), Light Coinage, 'Expanding Cross' Type, Penny, 1050-1053, Norwich, Thorfrithr, + EDPERD REX, diademed and draped bust left, trefoil-tipped sceptre before, rev. + ÐYRFFRD ON NORÐP. voided short cross with expanding limbs joined at base by two circles, 1.15g [17.75grns], 1h (Hildebrand -, cf. 609 [Type E]; Freeman 145; SCBI 42 [South Eastern], 1226 [Walbrook 'City Hoard'] same dies; North 823; BMC V; Spink 1177), softness of strike to head, otherwise toned, fine to very fine

Provenance

T Mathews, by private treaty, 1985 - £120


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Sold for
£480

Starting price
£90