Great Britain - Silver & Bronze
Lot 1729 SESSION 6 (Wednesday 4.30pm) Great Britain - Silver & Bronze
Estimate $650
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SOLD $660
EDWARD THE CONFESSOR, (1042-1066), silver penny, sovereign/eagles type (1056-1059), CAnterbury mint, obv. King enthroned, holding orb, rev. cross, eagles in angles and annulets in two angles, ELRED ON FENTEN, (Aelfraed of Canterbury mint) (S.1181, N.827, BMC.IX, 78, SCBI Latvia 188 var. Minor striking crack at 11.00, extremely fine with interesting mint signature error and rare.
Ex W.C. Boyd Collection, Sold Baldwin's London, September 26, 2005 (lot 859), previously bought from Spink & Sons, London April 1900.
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