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Auction: 1011 - Ancient, English & Foreign Coins, Commemorative Medals & Numismatic Books
Lot: 198

Edward the Confessor, Penny, 1.50g, heavy issue, expanding cross type, Gloucester, Eadwulf, helmeted bust left, sceptre before, rev. +eaþvlf on gleþece:, voided short cross with expanding arms extending from central pellet within two circles (N.823; S.1177), obverse light pitting, very fine, scarce mint Estimate £ 300-350 Only eleven coins of this type are recorded for Gloucester. provenance DNW 62, 30 June 2004, lot 28 Eaglen, 1998, lot 1407 Found Billingsgate, London, 1984

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