Is this an Edward the Confessor Penny?

BillJones

There seem to be many varieties of Edward the Confessor pennies, and unlike other medieval kings the design work varies greatly.

Is this a genuine Edward the Confessor penny? It was said to be an S-1180, but it does not look anything like that variety.

yosclimber

It looks more like a S-1179, like this one:

coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=2763124&AucID=2707&Lot=683&Val=e5adbd30d0abb7f6b10d76fb3f0b73cf

The legends on your penny look like:

Obv: ED RER DREI

Rev: STIRCOL ON EOFER (moneyer Stircol at York mint)

I am just learning this on the fly, so I might have something wrong, but it seems relatively straightforward.

The Wildwinds page shows 2 examples of S-1179 and does not show an example of S-1180:
wildwinds.com/coins/brit/edward_the_confessor/t.html

BillJones

Thank you! I was concerned because I couldn't find any pieces that closely resembled it in the book. It does match a line drawing picture I have in another book.

Nap

I see nothing obvious of concern to condemn it's authenticity.

There are several main types of Edward the Confessor coins and this is the "pointed helmet" type. Designs typically changed about every 2 years during this time, and since Edward ruled for over 20 years, there are a good number of types.

I have my reference books packed away so I can't give you the catalog numbers but S.1179 sounds right.