Jewellery, Watches, Antiquities and Objects of Vertu

An Anglo Saxon coin brooch of Edward the Confessor, 1042-1066, pointed helmet type, Obv. bearded bust holding a sceptre, rev. voided short cross terminating in three crescents, ULFCITEL ON EOFR (York) S 1179, pierced four times to attach the hinge (intact) and catch plate (missing) to the obverse. £150-£180

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The David Livingstone Collection.

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Coin brooches were popular in 11th century in Britain, with the reverse design gilded and the obverse mounted with the pin and catch plate.

From the David Livingstone collection.