Sale: Triton VI, Lot: 1457. Estimate $300. Closing Date: Monday, 13 January 2003. Sold For $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Edward the Confessor. 1042-1066. AR Penny (1.26 gm). Thetford mint; Blacere, moneyer. Hammer cross type, 1059-1062. EDPARD D REX, crowned bust right, with sceptre / +BLACERA ON DET, voided cross with "swordhilt" terminals. Cf. BMC 1548; North 828/1; SCBC 1182. Toned, good VF, slight flan crack. ($300)
From the William J. Conte Collection, ex Captain Peter Arnot Collection (Buckland, Dix & Wood 11, 21 March 1995), lot 338.
A very unusual reverse die, with what appears to be a cancellation stroke across the cross.