Description
Edward the Confessor (1042-66), Penny, Pyramids type (1065-66), Rochester mint, moneyer Leofwine, crowned bust right, trefoil tipped sceptre in front, legend surrounds EΛDÞΛRD RE. Rev, voided short cross, in each angle a pyramid style symbol terminating in a pellet tip, annulet in centre, legend reads +LEOFPINE ON ROF, 1.31g (S.1184; N.831; BMC XV).
Slightly buckled and weakly struck on obverse, otherwise good very fine, toned, in a rarer mint, fastened to an illustrious provenance, considerably rare.
Robin. J. Eaglen, lot 1517 Mark Rasmussen list Number 9, Spring 2006, item 21 St James’s Auctions, Auction 7, 8th February 2008, lot 21 Spink Numismatic Circular 2008, 3462
