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Edward the Confessor Penny, Hastings AU55

Edward the Confessor (1042-66),silver Penny, Sovereign / Eagles type (1056-59), Hastings Mint, Moneyer Brid, King seated on throne with head turned to right, holding orb and long handled sceptre, Latin legend surrounding, commences upper right, EADPARDI REX AN,rev.short voided cross, eagle or raven in each angle, linear circles and Latin legend surrounding, +BRID ON HÆSTIEN, weight 1.29g (N.827; S.1181).Toned, double struck on obverse, has been slabbed and graded by NGC as AU55.

NGC Certification 5711817-002.

The Latin legends translate as "Edward King of the English" on obverse and "Brid of Hastings" on the reverse.

The Cinque Port of Hastings on the East Sussex coast is mentioned in the Burghal Hidage and was first overrun by the Danes in 1011. Most famously known for the Battle of Hastings in 1066, William the Conqueror actually landed at Pevensey a few miles down the coast and marched to Hastings where he first built a stockade. The battlefield where he defeated Harold Godwinson is actually just over 5 miles inland at the town of Battle and the stockade was later fortified as a stone built castle.

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