Edward the Confessor (1042-66), Penny, Trefoil-Quadrilateral type, London, Swetman, 0.86g, 4h, + edþar|d rex•, legend starts at 12 o'clock, diademed and draped bust left, sceptre before, rev. + sþetman on lvnd:, trefoil-tipped quatrefoil over voided short cross (SCBI 20 (Mack) 1141; Hildebrand type C; BMC III; N.817; S.1174), very fine, only one example recorded for this moneyer of EMC, rare thus.
Provenance
Bloomsbury Auctions, 21 June 2006, lot 646 ,
with old collector's ticket, seemingly stating: 'Thatcher, 6.12.53'
Estimate: £200 - £250