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Auction: 1011 - Ancient, English & Foreign Coins, Commemorative Medals & Numismatic Books
Lot: 203

Edward the Confessor, Penny, 1.27g, pointed helmet type, Cambridge, Godwine, bearded, helmeted bust right, sceptre before, rev. +godþine on grant, voided short cross, each limb ending with three crescents, extending from central pellet within an annulet (N.825; S.1179), slightly crimped, surface porosity, very fine, rare mint for this type Estimate £ 250-300 Only eight coins of this type are recorded for Cambridge. provenance P. Finn Memorial list, 2001, number 74

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