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Auction: 23005 - The "Haddenham" Collection of English Coins
Lot: 305

The 'Haddenham' Collection of English Coins | Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), 'Hammer Cross' Type, Penny, 1059-1062, Bedford, Siggautr, + EADPA-RD REX, crowned, draped and bearded bust right, trefoil-tipped sceptre before, rev. + SIGOD ON BEDEFOR, recumbent S, voided short cross with each limb terminating in incurved segment of circle, 1.26g [19.44grns], 6h (Hildebrand - [Type G]; Freeman 48; SCBI I [Fitzwilliam], 905 same dies; North 828; BMC XI [Coll. no. 25]; Spink 1182), jagged edges, wear to the higher points, reverse much better, toned, near very fine, seldom found as a 'true' coin, Siggautr usually found muled with the Pointed Helmet issue, very rare thus

Provenance

T Mathews, by private treaty, 1988 - £295



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£500

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£100