CNG 85, Lot: 1529. Estimate $300. Sold for $370. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Edward the Confessor. 1042-1066. AR Penny (18mm, 1.07 g, 3h). Facing Bust/Small Cross type (BMC xiii, Hild. Ac). Thetford mint; Sumarlithr, moneyer. Struck 1062-1065. + EΛDPΛRED REX, crowned facing bust / + SVMRED ON ÐETFO, small cross pattée. Freeman 209; Carson 142; SCBI 9 (Ashmoleon), 1047 var. (same obv. die; ÐETFOR); Hild. -; BMC 1558 var. (legends); North 830; SCBC 1183. Good VF, toned, double struck on obverse. Rare moneyer.

From the Marie Karlsson Collection.