Triton XXII, Lot: 1388. Estimate $750. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Edward the Confessor. 1042-1066. AR Penny (19mm, 1.60 g, 6h). Expanding Cross type, heavy issue (BMC v, Hild. E). Chester mint; Leofnoth, moneyer. Struck circa 1050-1053. + EDPR •D REX, diademed bust left; scepter before / + LEOFNOÐ ON LEI, voided short cross with expanding limbs and circle around pellet-in-circle in center. Freeman 135; SCBI 5 (Chester) 295-6 var. (light weight issue, same dies); Hild –; BMC –; North 823; SCBC 1177. Near EF, toned.