Description
Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), Penny, PACX type (c.1042-1044), Worcester mint, moneyer Aelfwine, diademed bust left with sceptre, legend commences at top +EDPERD REXA. Rev, pellet in annulet at centre of voided long cross, letters struck in angles, reads +AELPINE ON PIHER, 1.10g (S.1171; N.813; BMC IV; Bust Ai; Pagan, 510).
Good very fine, struck on a large flan with some peckmarks. A rare mint for a scarce type, with an interesting provenance and academic classification.
Ex Baldwin’s Auctions, 28th May 1997, lot 1707
Ex Scandinavian Hoard
Plate 21, number 510, ‘The PACX Type of Edward the Confessor’ by Hugh Pagan, British Numismatic Journal, 2011, Vol 81, this coin.
