CNG 90, Lot: 2400. Estimate $300. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Edward the Confessor. 1042-1066. AR Penny (17mm, 0.75 g, 3h). Radiate/Small cross type (BMC i, Hild. A). Theodford (Thetford) mint; Wulfric, moneyer. Struck 1044-1046. EDPΛD RECX Λ, bust left, wearing radiate crown / + PVLFRIC OH ÐIOD, short cross pattée. Freeman 232 (this coin referenced); Carson –; SCBI –; Hild. –; BMC –; North 816; SCBC 1173. VF, toned. Extremely rare, the sole example listed by Freeman of this moneyer for this type at Thetford.

From the Collection of an Underwriter. Ex Spink 204 (30 Sept 2010), lot 180; Spink Numismatic Circular CIX.6 (December 2001), no. HS0941; R.J. Eaglen Collection (Baldwin’s 18, 12 October 1998), lot 1542; Gordon V. Doubleday Collection (Glendining’s, 6 October 1987), lot 507 (with his ticket); Duke of Argyll Collection; Lord Grantley Collection (22 March 1944), lot 1188c.