277, Lot: 391. Estimate $250. Sold for $400. 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, 1.20 g, 10h). Hammer Cross type (BMC xi; Hild. G). Lundene (London) mint; Aelfward, moneyer. Struck circa 1059-1062. Crowned bust right; scepter before / Voided cross with arms terminating in inward-facing crescents. Freeman 108; SCBI 42 (Southeastern) 1511 var. (rev. legend); BMC 1029-30 var. (same); North 828; SCBC 1182. VF, lightly toned, obverse double struck.
From the Peter Moffat Collection.