CNG 91, Lot: 1479. Estimate $500. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Edward the Confessor. 1042-1066. AR Penny (20mm, 1.40 g, 7h). Sovereign/Martlets type (BMC ix; Hild. H). Eoferwic (York) mint; Authgrimr, moneyer. Struck 1056-1059. EDPΛRD X ΛNGLO•, Edward seated facing on throne, holding scepter and orb / + OÐGRIN ON EOFRP, voided cross, with martlet in each quarter; annulet in second and third quarter. Freeman 277; SCBI 20 (Yorkshire), 359 (same rev. die); Hild. –; BMC 350 var. (legends); North 827; SCBC 1181. Good VF, toned, soft strike on obverse.

From the Tradewinds Collection.