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Auction: 402 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale at NY INC
Lot: 83

England. Late Anglo-Saxon. Edward the Confessor (1042-1066). Penny. Romney, moneyer: Wulfmaer. 1.32 gm. Sovereign-Eagles type. King enthroned facing, holding orb and scepter, EADPARD EX ANGLO, rev. Short voided cross, eagle in each angle, +PVLMAER ONN RVM. N.827, S.1181, cf. EMC 1042.1387. Very rare mint for Edward the Confessor, only two other examples of the Sovereign-Eagles type are known. Some minor weakness at centers. Toned. Very Fine. Purchased from Keith Chapman, November 2018, ex Baldwin's Auction 18, October 16, 1998, lot 1513; ex Elmore Jones Collection, Glendinings, May 12, 1971, lot 681.

Estimate
$500 to $600

Starting price
$300