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Auction: 26004 - British and World Coins and Medals
Lot: 15

Edward 'the Confessor' (1042-1066), 'Pointed Helmet' Type, Penny, 1053-1056, Norwich, Thorsteinn, + EDPERD D REX • draped bust right, wearing pointed helmet, lys-tipped sceptre before, rev. + ÐVRSTAN ON NOR : voided short cross with triple-crescent terminals 1.33g [20.53grns], 6h (Freeman 166; SCBI 26 [East Anglia], 1314; North 825; BMC VII, 1100; S.1179), some carbon-staing and peripheral striking softness across an otherwise richly cabinet toned and broad, full flan, nevertheless a most pleasingly bold very fine, with wonderful fiery hues in deepest recesses, arresting thus

Provenance

Spink, by private treaty, 1979 - £95 [with this ticket]

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Estimate
£300 to £400

Starting price
£210