Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), Facing Bust type [BMC XIII; BEH Ac; N 830; S 1183], Penny, Cambridge, Godwine, eadpard re, rev. +godpine. on gra, 1.09g/9h (Bt 3, this coin; Freeman 69; BMC –; SCBI Fitzwilliam 938, Ashmolean 1009 and Mack 1278, same dies). Very fine, dark earthen patina £240-£300

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Braintree Hoard of Late Anglo-Saxon Pennies.

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Godwine is known to have struck during Pointed Helmet, Sovereign/Martlets and Facing Bust types. None of his coins are known of the Hammer Cross type; it may be that he was transferred to Bedford at this time. After the early 1060s, production at Cambridge becomes sporadic and, judging by survival rates, coins were struck in small numbers.