CNG 85, Lot: 1526. Estimate $300. Sold for $390. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Edward the Confessor. 1042-1066. AR Penny (17mm, 1.01 g, 6h). Trefoil Quadrilateral type (BMC iii; Hild. C). London mint; Ælfgar, moneyer. Struck 1046-1048. + EDPND: RDC, diademed bust left; scepter before / + ÆLFGAR ON LVND, quadrilateral, with pellet in center and trefoils at angles, over voided short cross. Freeman 53; SCBI 51 (Estonian), 1056 var. (legends); Hild. 404 var. (same); BMC 862 var. (same); North 817; SCBC 1174. Good VF, lightly toned, die rust on obverse. Very rare moneyer for issue, unpublished with this obverse legend.

From the Marie Karlsson Collection.