Triton XV, Lot: 1855. Estimate $750. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Edward the Confessor. 1042-1066. AR Penny (19mm, 1.32 g, 3h). Sovereign/Martlets type (BMC ix; Hild. H). Laewes (Lewes) mint; Eadweard, moneyer. Struck 1056-1059. EΛPPΛRP REX ΛИGL··, Edward seated facing on throne, holding scepter and orb / + EΛDPΛRD ON LÆPE·:, voided cross, with martlet in each quarter. Freeman 27; SCBI 48 (Northern), 1043 (same dies); Hild. -; BMC 593; North 827; SCBC 1181. Good VF, toned.

From the Marshall Faintich Collection (purchased privately from Classical Numismatic Group, 3 January 2001).