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Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), Penny, Expanding Cross type, heavy issue, Bury, Morcere, morceree on edmvn, 1.45g/3h (Eaglen 2, dies Aa, 5, this coin; Freeman 5; BMC 203; N 823; S 1177). Reverse slightly off-centre and some corrosion in obverse legend, otherwise good very fine on a large flan, the mint extremely rare for the reign £1,000-1,200

Provenance: P.W.P. Carlyon-Britton Collection, Part I, Sotheby Auction, 17-21 November 1913, lot 599 (part); H.A. Parsons Collection, Part I, Sotheby Auction, 28 October-1 November 1929, lot 197