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Auction: 1009 - Ancient, English & Foreign Coins, Commemorative Medals & Numismatic Books
Lot: 17

Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), Penny, 0.89g, trefoil quadrilateral type, Sandwich, Leofwine, diademed bust left, sceptre before, rev. quadrilateral over voided short cross, trefoil in each quarter, pellet in centre, +liofpine on san (N.817; S.1174), field find, slightly crimped, porous surface, very fine / nearly very fine, rare mint Estimate £ 600-800 provenance Found near Wingham, Kent, 2009 Only three other examples are listed for this type out of a total corpus of twenty eight for all issues for Sandwich before the Norman Conquest. This coin is a further example. The earliest mint signature coins for Sandwich are those of the pacx issue of Edward the Confessor.

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