421, Lot: 754. Estimate $400. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Edward the Confessor. 1042-1066. AR Penny (19mm, 1.27 g, 4h). Hammer Cross type (BMC xia, Hild. G var.). Lincoln mint; Auti, moneyer. Struck circa 1059-1062. Crowned bust right, scepter before / + ΛVTI ON LINCOL(NE), voided cross, arms terminating in inward-facing crescents. Freeman 68; Mossop 21 (dies C/c); SCBI 27 (Lincolnshire), 743 (same dies); North 828; SCBC 1182. VF, toned, very minor flan flaw on reverse. A scarce mint for type.

Ex David Sellwood Collection (Baldwin's 96, 24 September 2015), lot 3505.