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Auction: 4026 - Ancient, English and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 210

Edward the Martyr, (975-978), Penny, 1.35g., Sole type, Lincoln, Goding, eadpard rex anglo, diademed and draped bust left, rev., cross pattée within inner circle, godinc mo lindl (c.f. Mossop 22; N.763; S.1142), a small edge crack at 8 o'clock, tiny chip above bust, and surface flake on reverse, otherwise darkly toned, very fine, rare Estimate £ 600-800 Mossop only records one Edward the Martyr Lincoln penny by the moneyer Goding, in the Leeds University collection (SCBI21 no.1016). This example is struck from different dies.

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£900