CNG 111, Lot: 1073. Estimate $500. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Edward the Confessor. 1042-1066. AR Penny (19mm, 1.65 g, 4h). Expanding cross type, heavy issue (BMC v, Hild. E). Winchester mint; Leofing, moneyer. Struck circa 1050-1053. Diademed bust left; trefoil-tipped scepter before / + LIFINC ON PINCESTRE, voided short cross with expanding limbs and circle around pellet-in-circle in center. Harvey 1633 (dies A/a); Freeman 235; SCBI –; North 823; SCBC 1177. Good VF, attractively toned. Full mint signature.