CNG 91, Lot: 1480. Estimate $500. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Edward the Confessor. 1042-1066. AR Penny (19mm, 1.40 g, 4h). Hammer Cross type (BMC xi; Hild. G). Eoferwic (York) mint; Iol, moneyer. Struck circa 1059-1062. EΛDPΛERD R•, crowned bust right; scepter before / + IOLΛ ON EOFERPIC, voided cross, ends terminating in inward-facing crescents; annulet in third quarter. Freeman 198; SCBI 21 (Yorkshire), 425 (same dies); Hild. –; BMC –; North 828; SCBC 1182. Good VF, toned.

From the Tradewinds Collection.