Edward the Confessor (1042 – 1066 AD) Expanding Cross Type Penny Heavy Coinage; Lincoln, Osferth. 1.72g. (N. 823, S. 1177). REF: 4IIYY7.
Obverse: Cloaked diademed bust left, sceptre with quatrefoil cross to left, inscription around +EDPE: ·RDREX: Reverse: Voided long cross each limb of three lines expanding from a central pellet within two central circles, inscription around +OSFERĐ ON LINCOLIE.
Full flan, pleasant dark tone, lightly crimped from 1pm to 7pm, and a little flatness to bust. Same reverse die as EMC: 1027.0686 (SCBI: 27/686, Lincolnshire Collections). Almost very fine, the reverse a little better.
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