| Spink > Auction 24004 | Auction date: 4 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 44 Price realized: 400 GBP (Approx. 503 USD / 467 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: (x) Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), 'Facing Bust / Small Cross' Type, Penny, 1062-1065, Colchester, Beorhtric, + •EADPARD REX, crowned and draped facing bust within inner circle, two lines to crown, seven pellets on breast, rev. + BRIHTRIC ON COLEC, small cross pattée within inner circle, 1.038g [16.0grns], 9h (Hildebrand -; Freeman 19; SCBI 9 [Oxford, Part I], 1015 same obverse die; SCBI 30 [American], 642 this coin; SCBI 18 [Copenhagen, Part IV], -; SCBI 42 [South Eastern Museums], -; SCBI 54 [Stockholm, Part V], -; SCBI 66 [Norwegian, Part II], -; BNJ, 'Pennies of the Colchester Mint', p. 17, no. 142 [BM]; Braintree Hoard -; North 830; BMC XIII; Spink 1183), weak strike on drapery and correspondingly on reverse, the portrait baring antique scratches, toned, almost very fine, very rare. Provenance, The Steve J Green Collection of Anglo-Saxon Coins [with his tickets and envelope], DNW 188, 9 February 2021, lot 116 - £440, Norweb, Part III, Spink Auction 56, 19 November 1986, lot 827 - "weak drapery (and corresponding on reverse), otherwise fine, very rare", SCMB, August 1971, H1094* - "nearly VF" - £65, SCMB, March 1971, H699* - "a very rare type for this mint, not in B.M.C. or Hildebrand, VF" - £65, Estimate: £300 - £400 |  |
