Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), Facing Bust type [BMC XIII; BEH Ac; N 830; S 1183], Penny, Hastings, Kolsveinn, eadpard re[–] ang:. rev. +colspegen on hæs, four wedge-shaped pellets attached to inner circle, 1.03g/6h (Bt 10, this coin; Freeman 19; Parsons p.54; HHK 132; BMC 518). Flan crimped with resulting edge crack, otherwise fine, a rare variety
£90-£120

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

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Kolsveinn was a moneyer for the last two types of the reign.