Coins, Tokens and Historical Medals

Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), Penny, Sovereign/Eagles type, Exeter, Sæwine, sæpine on execes, 1.35g/12h (Brettell 223, this coin; Freeman 117; N 827; S 1181). Some surface corrosion on obverse, otherwise very fine, rare £240-£300

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Terence Maudlin Collection of English Hammered Pennies.

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Provenance: S. Simpson Collection; R.P.V. Brettell Collection, Glendining Auction, 28 October 1970, lot 223 [from S.S. 1955]; ‘Norwich’ Collection, Part II, DNW Auction 63, 7 October 2004, lot 10 [from International Coins & Currency 1977]; bt J. Mann January 2012