Lot 722

Sale 78 · Important Australian & World Coins & Banknotes, The Lampard Collection, The James Atkinson Collection

Description

Edward the Confessor, (1042-1066), penny, hammer cross type, issued 1059-1062, obv. EDPAR RD RE, crowned bust of king to right with sceptre, rev. BLACERE ON PIODFO, (Blacere of Thetford) with short cross voided limbs terminating in a crescent, (S.1182, N.828, Br.8, BMC xi). Toned, with red highlights, weak in places, good very fine and rare.

Ex Spink Coin Auctions, Sale 90, March 16, 1992, (lot 289), and from Monetarium, Sydney, August 17, 1992.

Estimate
$400
Result Status
Sold
Prices Realised
$380

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