Noonans (formerly Dix Noonan Webb) > Auction 290Auction date: 21 February 2024
Lot number: 1018

Price realized: 1,600 GBP   (Approx. 2,018 USD / 1,868 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
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Edward the Confessor

Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), Facing Bust type [BMC XIII; BEH Ac; N 830; S 1183], Penny, Sudbury, Folcwine, eadpard rex, rev. +foliwine. on svðb, small cross with extended limbs, 1.15g/12h (Bt 21, this coin; Freeman 9; BMC –; FEJ 805 and Ryan 864, same dies). Very fine and rare, some light earthen deposits £300-£400

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Folcwine is the only known moneyer for Sudbury at this period. Freeman knew him to work in four types in Edward the Confessor's reign: Pointed Helmet, Sovereign/Martlets, Hammer Cross and Facing Bust, surviving examples of which are all extremely rare (Freeman notes ten specimens across all four types). Thanks to the Braintree Hoard we can now add Pyramids and Harold's PAX type to this canon.