Great Britain Silver & Bronze
Lot 1165 Great Britain Silver & Bronze
Estimate $300
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SOLD $380
EDWARD THE CONFESSOR, (1042-1066), silver penny, pointed helmet type, Hastings mint, issued 1053-1056, obv. bust to right, bearded, wearing pointed helmet, and holding a sceptre, rev. voided short cross, with limbs terminating in crescents, annulet in centre, around +BRID:O:N HESTIEN (Brid of Hastings), (S.1179, North 825, BMC type VII, Br.6). A few weak areas, but a strong support, extremely fine and rare.
Ex. Spink Australia, Sale 14 (lot 1585).
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Lot 1165 This lot
EDWARD THE CONFESSOR, (1042-1066), silver penny, pointed helmet type, Hastings mint, issued 1053-1056, obv. bust ...
Estimate $300
Lot 1166
HAROLD II, (1066), silver penny, York mint, issued 1066, obv. crowned head to left with ...
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Lot 1167
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