CNG 102, Lot: 1481. Estimate $750. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Edward the Confessor. 1042-1066. AR Penny (20mm, 1.50 g, 12h). Expanding cross type, heavy issue (BMC v, Hild. E). Gloucester mint; Eawulf, moneyer. Struck 1050-1053. Diademed bust left; trefoil-tipped scepter before / + EAPVLF ON GLE[PE]C :, voided short cross with expanding limbs and circle around pellet-in-circle in center. Freeman 35; SCBI 19 (Gloucester), 87 (same dies); North 823; SCBC 1177. Good VF, dark tone, obverse slightly porous. Rare.

From the Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex Spink 224 (25 June 2014), lot 543. Reportedly found at Billingsgate, London, 1984.