CNG 102, Lot: 1489. Estimate $500. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Edward the Confessor. 1042-1066. AR Penny (20mm, 1.26 g, 3h). Sovereign/Martlets type (BMC ix; Hild. H). Wilton mint; Sæwine, moneyer. Struck 1056-1059. Edward seated facing on throne, holding scepter and orb / + SÆPINE ON WILT, voided cross, with martlet in each quarter. Freeman 97; SCBI –; BMC 1342; North 827; SCBC 1181. VF, iridescent tone.

From the Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex K. Smalley Collection (Spink 219, 24 September 2013), lot 173; Glendining’s (13 March 1974), lot 158; William Charles Wells Collection, no. 558, with his ticket (cf. Eaglen C 73-2) [1870-1949].