British and World Coins, Numismatic Books

Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), Penny, PACX type, Chester, Snell, snel on legeces, 1.15g/9h (BNJ Coin Register 1997, 155, this coin; Freeman –; BMC –; N 813; S 1171). About extremely fine and attractively toned, extremely rare (£800-1,000)

Provenance:
Found near Worcester.
EMC 1997.0040

Illustrated on the back cover. This remains the only PACX penny of Snell to be recorded, filling a gap in his career which extended from Quatrefoil to Radiate Small Cross (c. 1020-45)