Important British and World Coins

Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), Penny, Morcere, morcar[e o]n eadm :, no cross on orb (?), dies Aa, 1.29g/3h (Eaglen 4, B226, this coin; Freeman 7; N 827; S 1181). Rather flat and reverse slightly double-struck, but believed to be the only known example (£400-500)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Coins of the Mint of Bury St Edmunds.

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Provenance:
H.A. Parsons Collection, Part I, Sotheby Auction, 28 October-1 November 1929, lot 203
F. Elmore Jones Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 May 1971, lot 125
B.R. Osborne Collection [from B.R.O. January 1983]