Triton XV, Lot: 1856. Estimate $500. 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, 1.31 g, 3h). Hammer Cross type (BMC xi; Hild. G). Haestingas (Hastings) mint; Dunning, moneyer. Struck circa 1059-1062. + EADPΛR RD RE , crowned bust right; scepter before / + DVNING ON HÆST, voided cross, with ends terminating in inward-facing crescents; pellet in fourth quarter. Freeman 38; SCBI 1 (Firzwilliam), 917-8 (same dies); SCBI 17 (Midlands), 443 (same dies); SCBI 20 (Mack), 1248 (same dies); Hild. -; BMC 515; North 828; SCBC 1182. Good VF, toned.

From the Marshall Faintich Collection (purchased privately from Joe Gallo, 19 September 1991).