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Auction: 23005 - The "Haddenham" Collection of English Coins
Lot: 313

The 'Haddenham' Collection of English Coins | Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), (2) 'Pyramids' Type Pennies, c. 1065/1066, Dover, Wulfweard, + EADPARD REX A, crowned and bearded bust right, trefoil-tipped sceptre before, rev. + PVLFPVRD ON DOF, short cross voided, in each angle, a pyramid springing from the inner circle and terminating in a pellet, 0.89g, 6h (Hild. I; SCBI 18, 77; Freeman 89; North 831; BMC XV; Spink 1184), small crack through the portrait, showing on both sides, wear throughout, toned, fine; and Stafford, Godwine, similar obverse, rev. + GODPINE ON STIE, short cross voided, in each angle, a pyramid springing from the inner circle and terminating in a pellet, 1.30g, 8h (Hild. I; SCBI -; Freeman 30; North 831; BMC XV; Spink 1184), uneasy striking of portrait on obverse, reverse much stronger, wear throughout but again reverse better, toned, fine, rare (2)

Provenance

i) T Mathews, by private treaty, 1984 - £150

ii) T Matthews, by private treaty, 1984 - £140

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Sold for
£350

Starting price
£150