ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Edward the Confessor. 1042-1066. AR Penny (19mm, 1.43 g, 10h). Hammer Cross type (BMC xi, Hild. G). York mint; Snæbjorn, moneyer. Struck circa 1059-1062. + EADWARD REX, crowned bust right, scepter before / + SNEBORN ON EOF, voided cross, arms terminating in inward-facing crescents, annulet in one segment. SCBI 9 (Ashmolean), 1006; North 828; SCBC 1182. Lightly toned, softly struck in parts of obverse legend. Near EF. Superb portrait.
Ex Pegasi 9 (1 October 2003) lot 672.
