434, Lot: 581. Estimate $75. Sold for $55. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Edward the Confessor. 1042-1066. Cut AR Halfpenny (19mm, 0.53 g, 3h). Sovereign/Martlets type (BMC ix, Hild. H). Lewes mint; uncertain moneyer. Struck circa 1056-1059. Edward seated facing on throne, holding scepter and orb / + [...] ON LEPES, voided cross, with martlet in each quarter. North 827; SCBC 1181. Near EF, toned, slightly wavy.

From the Londinium Collection.