Edward the Confessor (1042-66), Penny, 'Facing Bust' type, Winchester, Spracling, 1.12g, 3h, rev. + SPRACALNG · ON PI (Freeman 289; N.830; BMC XIII; S.1183), a softer strike, otherwise very fine, a rare type with only one recorded on EMC.
Provenance
The Isladulcie Collection of Medieval Pennies and Fractions
Baldwin 52, 25-26 September 2007, lot 252
G V Doubleday, Glendining, 6 October 1987, lot 577 [with his ticket]
R C Lockett, Glendining 4-6 November 1958, lot 2827 (part)
Estimate: £220 - £280