| 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. | |
| 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 |  |
Match 1:
| Spink > Auction 23005 | Auction date: 12 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 287 Price realized: 190 GBP (Approx. 239 USD / 221 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: The 'Haddenham' Collection of English Coins | Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), 'Radiate / Small Cross' Type, Penny, 1044-1046, Cambridge, Godsunu, + EDPERD REX, radiate crowned and draped bust left, rev. + GODSVNV ON GRA, small cross pattée, 0.94g [14.51grns], 4h (Hildebrand - cf. 203 for legend [Type A]; Freeman 62; SCBI 54 [Stockholm], 367 same dies; North 816; BMC I; Spink 1173), surface scratches across obverse at 4 o'clock, otherwise well-struck with darker tone, fine to almost very fine, a scarcer mint. Provenance, T Mathews, by private treaty, 1984 - £80, Estimate: £200 - £260 |  |
Match 2:
| Spink > Auction 23005 | Auction date: 12 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 290 Price realized: 400 GBP (Approx. 502 USD / 466 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: The 'Haddenham' Collection of English Coins | Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), 'Radiate / Small Cross' Type, Penny, 1044-1046, York, Sæfugl, EDPER-D REX /\, radiate crowned and draped bust left, rev. + SÆFVHEL ON EOF• small cross pattée, additional annulet in third quarter, 0.95g [14.66grns], 2h (Hildebrand 144 [Type A]; Freeman 302; SCBI 36 [Berlin], 840 same dies; North 816; BMC I; Spink 1173), handsome toning throughout, with electric green and burnt orange hues amongst legends, especially on reverse, some doubling to strike, otherwise very fine. Provenance, T Mathews, by private treaty, 1983 - £145 , Estimate: £180 - £240 |  |
Match 3:
| Spink > Auction 23005 | Auction date: 12 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 288 Price realized: 480 GBP (Approx. 603 USD / 559 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: The 'Haddenham' Collection of English Coins | Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), 'Radiate / Small Cross' Type, Penny, 1044-1046, Lincoln, Thorgrimr, + EADRI-A PECX, radiate crowned and draped bust left, rev. + ÐVRGRIN ON LIC, small cross pattée, 0.89g [13.73grns], 4h (Hildebrand 379 [Type A]; Freeman 292; SCBI 54 [Stockholm], 462 same dies; North 816; BMC I; Spink 1173), spots of verdigris on reverse, otherwise lightly toned and residually lustrous, a pleasingly uniform very fine, the same dies as next. Provenance, T Mathews, by private treaty, 1985 - £190, Estimate: £240 - £300 |  |
Match 4:
| Spink > Auction 392 | Auction date: 14 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 133 Price realized: Unsold | |
| Lot description: Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), Heavy Coinage, 'Expanding Cross' Penny, 1050-1053, Gloucester, Godric, + EDPE•RD REX: diademed and draped bust left, trefoil-tipped sceptre before, rev. + GODRIC ON GLEPECE: short cross voided with expanding limbs joined at the base by two circles, 1.68g [25.93grns], 9h, 17.91mm. x 1.52mm. diameter / thickness (SCBI 19 [Bristol], 389 same dies; North 823; BMC V; Spink 1177), an inconsequential depression to centre of flan, otherwise a superbly uniform and well struck-up example of this ever popular and instantly recognisable type, a most wholesome extremely fine, a scarce provincial mint in and extremely rare, only two examples traced on EMC/SCBI, both housed in the Bristol and Gloucester Museums Provenance Found in Froxfield and Steep District, East Hampshire, Wednesday 20 September 2023 ~ Recorded with the Hampshire Cultural Trust, ref. PAS HAMP-AE9839 ~ Recorded with the Fitzwilliam Museum, ref. EMC 2024.00?? Estimate: 2400 - 3000 USD |  |
Match 5:
| Spink > Auction 23005 | Auction date: 12 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 289 Price realized: 300 GBP (Approx. 377 USD / 349 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: The 'Haddenham' Collection of English Coins | Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), 'Radiate / Small Cross' Type, Penny, 1044-1046, Lincoln, Thorgrimr, + EADRI-A PECX, radiate crowned and draped bust left, rev. + ÐVRGRIN ON LIC, small cross pattée, 0.94g [14.51grns], 6h (Hildebrand 379 [Type A]; Freeman 292; SCBI 54 [Stockholm], 462 same dies; North 816; BMC I; Spink 1173), double struck on obverse, the reverse otherwise unimpaired, some peripheral striking softness, neverthless toned, about very fine, the same dies as last. Provenance, T Mathews, by private treaty, 1985 - £98, Estimate: £180 - £240 |  |
Match 6:
| 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. | |
| 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 | |
