406, Lot: 944. Estimate $300. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Edward the Confessor. 1042-1066. AR Penny (17mm, 1.12 g, 10h). Trefoil Quadrilateral type (BMC iii; Hild. C). York mint; Ioketill, moneyer. Struck 1046-1048. Diademed and draped bust left; scepter before / + GOCEL • ΘИ EFEOR ·:, quadrilateral, with pellet in center and trefoils at angles, over voided short cross. Cf. Freeman 183; SCBI –; North 817; SCBC 1174. EF, attractive dark toning. Unusual spelling of moneyer’s name.

From the B.H. Webb Collection.