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Auction: 1011 - Ancient, English & Foreign Coins, Commemorative Medals & Numismatic Books
Lot: 189

Edward the Confessor, Penny, 0.68g, imitative small flan type, ?London, attributed to Lifinc, helmeted bust left, rev. +l.con ceþodi, voided short cross (cf. N.818; S.1175), curious obverse, light weight, very fine Estimate £ 120-150 Probably a contemporary imitation. Dolley, 1961 attributed this coin to Lifinc of London and linked it with a group of die linked and light weight coins in the 1832 Thwaite Hoard. provenance CNG Mail bid auction 72, 14 June 2006, lot 2468 Dr. W Conte, part III, 2003, lot 1440-stated, erroneously, as of Langport

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