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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: 7061

Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), 'Trefoil Quadrilateral' Type, Penny, 1046-1048, Canterbury, Leofwine, + : EDPA•-• REI' • diademed and draped bust left, trefoil-tipped sceptre before, rev. + LEOFPINE ON ECNTE trefoil-tipped quadrilateral atop voided short cross, 0.96g [14.8grns], 10h (BEH 284/17; Taffs [1956], 93b = FEJ 163 same dies; obv. very fine / rev. fine, 15.6grns; SCBI 20 [Mack], 1136 [this coin]; SCBI 54 [Stockholm], 707 same dies; North 817; Spink 1174), spots of verdigris to the obverse and two peckmarks to the reverse, lightly toned, a really pleasingly good very fine, the mint signature unusual and extremely rare, only three examples traced, this with the finest pedigree

Provenance
Commander Richard Paston Mack, Part II, Spink-Glendining, 23 March 1977, lot 199 - 'Exeter', almost extremely fine, rare'
Duke of Argyll, collection purchased en bloc by Spink, 1949

Unquestionably:
Sir Augustus Prevost ["MRNS"], Former Governor of the Bank of England (1901-1903), Glendining, 22 January 1919, lot 12 [part] - "...LEOFWINE ON ECNTE...., extremely fine. Ex Montagu Cabinet"

H Montagu, First Portion, Sotheby's, 18 November 1895, lot 829 [part] - "...LEOFPINE ON ECNTE..." - £2.0.0 [Cash]



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Estimate

Starting price
£350