Triton XVIII, Lot: 1726. Estimate $400. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Edward the Confessor. 1042-1066. AR Penny (19.5mm, 1.32 g, 9h). Sovereign/Martlets type (BMC ix; Hild. H). Stænig (Steyning) mint; Wulfric, moneyer. Struck 1056-1059. + EΛDPΛRD REX ΛИGLO, Edward seated facing on throne, holding scepter in right hand and globus cruciger in left / +PVLFRIC OИИ STÆ, voided cross, with martlet in each quarter. Freeman 37; SCBI 2 (Glasgow), 1108 (same dies); King, Steyning 22 = BMC 1210 (same dies); Hild –; North 827; SCBC 1181. VF, toned, areas of weak strike.

From the Joseph R Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, purchased from Davissons, 19 October 2009. Ex Seaby Coin and Medal Bulletin 707 (July 1977), no. E876.