CNG 106, Lot: 1106. Estimate $500. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Edward the Confessor. 1042-1066. AR Penny (19mm, 1.33 g, 1h). Hammer Cross type (BMC xia, Hild. G var.). Laewes (Lewes) mint; Osweald, moneyer. Struck circa 1059-1062. + ADPΛR· RD RE, crowned bust right, scepter before / + OSPOLD: ON LÆPE:, voided cross, arms terminating in inward-facing crescents; annulet in second quarter. Freeman 128; SCBI 1 (Fitzwilliam), 927 = MEC 8, 2259 (same dies); North 828; SCBC 1182. Near EF, darkly toned.

From the George Bernert Collection. Ex Cederlind 113 (29 September 1998), lot 379.