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Auction: 25021 - The Simpson Collection of Hiberno-Norse and Irish Coinage
Lot: 320

Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), 'Hammer Cross', Penny, 1059-1062, Steyning, Deorman, + EADPAR•-RD REA, crowned, draped and bearded bust right, trefoil-tipped sceptre before, rev. + DIORMAN ON STÆNIG, recumbent S, voided short cross with each limb terminating in incurved segment of circle, 1.320g [20.37grns], 12h (Hildebrand - [Type G]; H H King 35 ["Sussex Mints", Sale lot 197] same dies; Freeman 8; SCBI 1 [Fitzwilliam], 928-929 same dies; SCBI 20 [Mack], 1263 same dies; Dr Eaglen 1536 = Doubleday 462; FEJ 799; North 828; BMC XI; S.1182), a pleasing cabinet specimen, without the usual irregular striking softness, richly toned, a really good very fine, and superior to the Doubleday and H H King reference specimens

Provenance

The John Noel Simpson Collection of English, Irish and Hiberno-Norse Coins


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Sold for
£650

Starting price
£250