421, Lot: 753. Estimate $400. 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, 1.32 g, 9h). Hammer Cross type (BMC xia, Hild. G var.). Canterbury mint; Eadweard, moneyer. Struck circa 1059-1062. Crowned bust right, scepter before / + EΛDPΛRD ON CÆNT:·, voided cross, arms terminating in inward-facing crescents. Freeman 78; SCBI 17 (Midlands), 434; North 828; SCBC 1182. VF, lightly toned. Struck on a broad flan.