Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), Light Coinage, 'Expanding Cross' Type, Penny, 1050-1053

FFR01076

Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), Light Coinage, 'Expanding Cross' Type, Penny, 1050-1053, York, Thorr, + EDPAR-D REX, diademed and draped bust left, trefoil-tipped sceptre before, rev. + ÐORR ON EOFRPIC, voided short cross with expanding limbs joined at base by two circles, 1.15g [17.75grns], 1h (Hildebrand - [Type E]; Freeman 385; SCBI 20 [Mack], 1188 same dies; North 820; BMC V; Spink 1176), softness to portrait and in some parts of legend, a minor stress above head, otherwise toned, about very fine

Provenance
Ex-Haddenham Collection, Spinks, 2023
T Mathews, by private treaty, 1983 - £150