Edward the Confessor (1042-66), Penny, Facing bust/small cross type (c.1062-65), Romney mint

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Edward the Confessor (1042-66), Penny, Facing bust/small cross type (c.1062-65), Romney mint, moneyer Wulmaer, crowned bearded and draped bust facing, pellets below chin in drapery, legend commences EΛDÞΛRD REX ΛNG.…
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Edward the Confessor (1042-66), Penny, Facing bust/small cross type (c.1062-65), Romney mint, moneyer Wulmaer, crowned bearded and draped bust facing, pellets below chin in drapery, legend commences EΛDÞΛRD REX ΛNG. Rev, small cross pattée inside linear circle, reads +PVLMÆR ON RVME, 17mm, 0.94g (S.1183; N.830; BMC XIII; SCBI 9 [Ashmolean], 1039-40; SCBI 20 [Mack], 1294). Edge chip, some cracks, the metal stable, otherwise very fine. An academic example, a rarer and highly collectible mint town.

Ex Baldwin’s basement, with two supporting tickets

Specification

Period 1042 - 1066
Date 1062-5
Coin Group

British

Denomination

Penny

Coin Ruler

Edward the Confessor

Country

England

Coin House

Late Anglo Saxon

Metal

Silver

Mint Mark

Romney

Size (mm)

17

Weight 0.94 g

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