CNG 85, Lot: 1527. Estimate $300. Sold for $390. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Edward the Confessor. 1042-1066. AR Penny (19mm, 1.28 g, 3h). Pointed Helmet type (BMC vii, Hild. F). Winchester mint; Æthelstan, moneyer. Struck 1053-1056. + EDPER D RE, bearded bust right, wearing pointed helmet, holding scepter / + ÆÐESTΛN ON PINCES, voided short cross with pellet-in-annulet center and triple crescent ends. Freeman 36; SCBI 27 (Lincolnshire), 1754 (same dies); Hild. -; BMC 1407; North 825; SCBC 1179. Good VF, toned.
From the Marie Karlsson Collection.