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Auction: 23107 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 27: British and World Coins, Medals and Tokens Featuring the 'Leja Park' Collection - e-Auction
Lot: 7039

The Owen-Rooke Collection | Edward 'the Confessor' (1042-1066), 'Hammer Cross' Type, Penny, 1059-1062, Oxford, Heregod, + E[D]PARD RA RE• crowned and draped bust right, sceptre before, rev. + HAREGOD ON OXE, short voided cross with 'hammer cross' terminals, annulet at centre, 1.29g, 8h (SCBI 9 [Ashmolean], 975-977, cf. 975 same dies; SCBI 20 [Mack], 1258 [reading OXENEX]; North 828; BMC XI; Spink 1182), creased and with a flan split at 9 o'clock and running through the bust, nevertheless boldly struck up with a pleasant cabinet tone, near extremely fine, an extremely rare reading, known from only two recorded specimens

Provenance
The Owen-Rooke Collection of Oxfordshire Pennies (978-1272)

Spink 6, 10 October 1979 - lot 420 [part] - "badly cracked, but very fine"

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Starting price
£200