ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Edward the Confessor. 1042-1066. AR Penny (20mm, 1.82 g, 3h). Expanding Cross type, heavy issue (BMC v, Hild. E). Lincoln mint; Godric, moneyer. Struck circa 1050-1053. VF.

Keystone 16 – The David C. Bianchi II Collection
Lot: 65.
Closing Date: May 20 2026 10:00 ET

British – Anglo-Saxon & Norman, Silver

Estimate: $ 300

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ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Edward the Confessor. 1042-1066. AR Penny (20mm, 1.82 g, 3h). Expanding Cross type, heavy issue (BMC v, Hild. E). Lincoln mint; Godric, moneyer. Struck circa 1050-1053. Diademed bust left; scepter to left / + GODRIC ON LINCOL, voided short cross with expanding limbs; at center, circle around pellet-in-circle. Mossop p. LXXXIV, 7 (dies B/c); Freeman 165; North 831; SCBC 1177. Old cabinet toning, a few minor scratches, flan flaw. VF.

From the David C. Bianchi II Collection. Ex Seaby Coin & Medal Bulletin 720 (August 1978), no. E404.

Edward the Confessor, the son of Æthelred II and Emma, grew up an exile at the Norman court and was more inclined to the life of a monk rather than a king. The English nobility headed by Harold Godwinson, Earl of Wessex, invited him to assume the throne because they feared Magnus the Good of Norway would assert his claim at the head of a Viking fleet. The pennies of Edward’s long and troubled reign carry an imaginative range of types.

Closing Date and Time: 20 May 2026 at 10:21:20 ET.



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