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Auction: 19006 - British, Indian and Islamic Coins: Autumn Auction
Lot: 226

Edward the Confessor (1042-66), Penny, Hammer Cross type, Steyning, Deorman, 1.40g, 3h, + edþar•|rd re a, legend starts at 12 o'clock, crowned, bearded and draped bust right, 'quatrefoil-tipped' sceptre before, rev. + diorman on stænig, 'hammer cross' (H H King 35; SCBI 20 (Mack) 1263 same dies; Hildebrand, type G; BMC XI, 1213; N.828; S.1182), weakness to portrait, otherwise almost very fine, scarce

Provenance
Glendining, 24 February 2004, lot 212


Intriguingly EMC database records and past public auction results would suggest that Deorman only utilised one obverse and one reverse die for the production of his Hammer cross issue

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Sold for
£380

Starting price
£140