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Auction: 23005 - The "Haddenham" Collection of English Coins
Lot: 302

The 'Haddenham' Collection of English Coins | Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), 'Hammer Cross' Type, Penny, 1059-1062, Canterbury, Eadward, + EADPAR-RD RE, crowned, draped and bearded bust right, trefoil-tipped sceptre before, rev. + EADPARD ON CÆNT:• voided short cross with each limb terminating in incurved segment of circle, 1.33g [20.53grns], 6h (Hildebrand - [Type G]; Freeman 78 this coin cited; SCBI 17 [Midlands], 434; FEJ 171 this coin; North 828; BMC XI; Spink 1182), slightly crimped with some peripheral striking softness, otherwise with appealing dark tone, a pleasingly bold very fine

Provenance

T Mathews, by private treaty, 1985 - £110

F Elmore-Jones, Glendining, 12-13 May 1971, lot 171* - "very fine but bent" - £18



Mr. Elmore-Jones' tickets were lost when the collection was stolen in 1966 and few provenances were ultimately preserved. Unfortunately there was also no separate list of his acquisitions.

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Sold for
£380

Starting price
£130