Coins and Historical Medals

Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), Penny, Facing Bust type, Ipswich, Beorhtric, br[–]ric on gipe, 1.11g/9h(Freeman 19; Sadler 768, this coin [dies O2/R4]; N 830; S 1183). Area of weakness at 12 o’clock, otherwise good very fine, attractively toned, scarce £600-£800

Provenance: Glendining Auction, 25 May 1972, lot 826 (part); B.R. Osborne Collection, Glendining Auction, 23 April 1991, lot 45; J.C. Sadler Collection