The North Yorkshire Moors Collection of British Coins

Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), Penny, Pointed Helmet type, Winchester, Æthelstan, æstan on pincest :, bust with arm and hand, lis sceptre, 1.27g/12h (Freeman 36; SCBI Lincolnshire 1754, same obv. die; cf. Winchester Mint 1647, but dies not represented; BMC 1404; N 825; S 1179). Very fine and toned £300-£400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The North Yorkshire Moors Collection of British Coins.

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Provenance: An outlying parcel from the Chancton (Sussex) Find, 1866, and shown at the British Museum, 1868; Sotheby Auction, 21 July 1971, lot 227 (part)