Important British and World Coinsxx

Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), Penny, Short Cross type, Tamworth, Bruninc, BRVNINC ON TAI, 1.05g/12h (BNJ 1995, p. 244, 175, this coin; Danson –; Freeman –; BMC –; N 818; S 1175). Extremely fine and round, excessively rare; the second known specimen and the only one available to commerce £1,000-1,200

Provenance: Found at Amington, near Tamworth (Staffordshire) Winter 1995/6. EMC 1995.0175. The other specimen, found in a neighbouring field in 1993, is in the Birmingham City Museum