A Collection of Coins of the Mint of Bury St Edmunds

Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), Penny, Morcere, morcre on eadmvn, saltire in first and fourth quarters, dies Bb, 1.06g/12h (Eaglen 6, B227, this coin; Freeman 8; N 828; S 1182). Broken and repaired, small chip missing, otherwise good very fine, the variety extremely rare (£100-150)

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:
R.C. Lockett Collection, Part I, Glendining Auction, 6-9 June 1955, lot 846 (part)
F. Elmore Jones Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 May 1971, lot 127
B.R. Osborne Collection [from B.R.O. January 1983].

Possibly from the City of London Hoard, 1872 and B. Roth Collection, Sotheby Auction, 19 July 1917, lot 87