Lot 2342

Description

Edward the Confessor, (1042-1066), silver penny, trefoil quadrilateral type, London Mint, issued 1046-1048, moneyer Brihtred, (0.84 g), obv. diademed bust left with four horizontal folds and five pellets in drapery, in front a sceptre pommee, dividing legend +EDPERD REX around, rev. over short cross voided, quadrilateral ornament with three pellets at each angle and one in centre within inner circle, legend +BRIHTRED ON LVN around, (S.1174, N.817, BMC iii). Toned, lightweight issue, very fine and scarce.

Ex S.J.Green Collection. Previously Dix Noonan Webb Auction 148, lot 67. The Ray Inder collection Part I. Purchased from T. Owen, November 2007. SNC December 2006 (HS 2651). Also the W.N. Clarke collection. With tickets.