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Auction: 23005 - The "Haddenham" Collection of English Coins
Lot: 306

The 'Haddenham' Collection of English Coins | Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), 'Hammer Cross' Type, Pennies, 1059-1062, Oxford, Ælfwig (2), + EADPARD REX, crowned, draped and bearded bust right, trefoil-tipped sceptre before, rev. + ÆLFPI : ON OXENEXFO, NE ligate, voided short cross with each limb terminating in incurved segment of circle, 1.28g [19.75grns], 9h (Hildebrand - [Type G]; SCBI 9 [Ashmolean], 966 same dies), slightly warped flan, otherwise details clear and well struck throughout, pleasantly cabinet toned with underlying lustre, a bolder very fine; another, similar, rev. + ÆLPI : ON OXENEX• NE ligate, as before, 1.33g [20.53grns], 7h (Freeman 38; Chancton Hoard [NumChron, 1867], p. 113; SCBI 2 [Hunterian], 1129 same reverse die ['Æthelwig']; North 828; BMC XI [Coll. no. 1125]; Spink 1182), some weakness to strike, otherwise toned with hints of lustre, very fine or near so, an interesting pair! (2)

Provenance

i) T Mathews, by private treaty, 1992 - £250

ii) T Mathews, by private treaty, 1985 - £175


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Sold for
£850

Starting price
£200