Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), 'Pointed Helmet' Type, Penny, 1053-1056

FFR01077

Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), 'Pointed Helmet' Type, Penny, 1053-1056, Chester, Ælfsige, + EDPERD [REX], bearded bust right, wearing pointed helmet, trefoil-tipped sceptre before, rev. + ÆLFSIG ONN L[EIG], short cross voided, with central annulet, each limb terminating in three crescents, 1.25g [19.29grns], 9h (Hildebrand - [Type F]; Freeman 16; SCBI 30 [American], 602 same reverse die; North 825; BMC VII; Spink 1179), struck flat to peripheries, with superficial green staining, otherwise struck details bolder than fine to very fine in parts, a scarce provincial mint

Provenance
Ex-Haddenham Collection, Spinks, 2023
T Mathews, by private treaty, 1985 - £138