Anglo-Saxon and Norman Coins from the Royal Berkshire Collection

Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), Penny, Pyramids type without sceptre [BMC xvc], Wallingford, Beorhtmær, crowned and draped bust right, rev. brihtmær on pa:, voided short cross, small crescent at end of each limb, pyramids in angles, 1.32g/12h (W & W 299-301; Freeman 40, this coin cited; SCBI Ashmolean 1080 and BMC 1297, same dies; N 833; S –). Trifling surface marks, otherwise good very fine with a remarkable portrait of the king; excessively rare £3,000-£3,600

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Anglo-Saxon and Norman Coins from the Royal Berkshire Collection.

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T. Bliss Collection, Sotheby Auction, 15-19 May 1916, lot 130; R.C. Lockett Collection, Part I, Glendining Auction, 6-9 June 1955, lot 861