Baldwin & Sons
Auction 103 6 Oct 2021
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Edward the Confessor (1042‐1066), Penny, Expanding cross type, Heavy issue (1052‐1053), London
mint, (bust D), moneyer +Ælfgar, bust facing left holding sceptre tipped with four pellets, legend reads
+EDPARD REX. Rev, short cross voided with expanded limbs joined at the base by two circles, legend
surrounds +ÆLFGAR ON LVNDENE:., 1.70g (S.1177; N.823; BMC.V). An evenly toned imposing example
of the heavy issue. The portrait and bust well struck up, obverse legends showing some clashing, reverse concise.
Cracked and repaired, with signs of lacquer, otherwise good very fine in the initial strike. Metal stable, an academic
example.
mint, (bust D), moneyer +Ælfgar, bust facing left holding sceptre tipped with four pellets, legend reads
+EDPARD REX. Rev, short cross voided with expanded limbs joined at the base by two circles, legend
surrounds +ÆLFGAR ON LVNDENE:., 1.70g (S.1177; N.823; BMC.V). An evenly toned imposing example
of the heavy issue. The portrait and bust well struck up, obverse legends showing some clashing, reverse concise.
Cracked and repaired, with signs of lacquer, otherwise good very fine in the initial strike. Metal stable, an academic
example.