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Auction: 24006 - British and World Coins
Lot: 74

Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), Heavy Coinage, 'Expanding Cross' Type, Penny, 1050-1053, Gloucester, Godric, + EDPE•RD REX: diademed and draped bust left, trefoil-tipped sceptre before, rev. + GODRIC ON GLEPECE: short cross voided with expanding limbs joined at the base by two circles, 1.68g [25.93grns], 9h, 17.91mm. x 1.52mm. diameter / thickness (SCBI 19 [Bristol], 389 same dies; North 823; BMC V; S.1177), an inconsequential depression to centre of flan, otherwise a superbly uniform and well struck-up example of this ever popular and instantly recognisable issue, extremely fine, a scarce provincial mint and extremely rare, only two examples traced on EMC/SCBI, both housed in the Bristol and Gloucester Museums

Provenance

Found in Froxfield and Steep District, East Hampshire, Wednesday 20 September 2023

~ Recorded with the Hampshire Cultural Trust, ref. PAS HAMP-AE9839 ~

Recorded with the Fitzwilliam Museum, ref. EMC 2023.04??


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Estimate
£2,400 to £2,600

Starting price
£2000