CNG 93, Lot: 1873. 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 (17mm, 1.07 g, 6h). Pacx type (BMC iv, Hild. D). Lincolne (Lincoln) mint; Guthfrithr, moneyer. Struck 1042-1044. + EDPAR• D REX (quatrefoil), diademed bust left; scepter before / + GVÐFERÐ O LI(NC), voided long cross with crescent at ends and pellet at center; P A C X in quarters. Freeman 101; Mossop pl. LXVI, 4 (dies A/b); SCBI 54 (Stockholm), 106 = Hild. 314 (same obv. die); BMC –; North 813; SCBC 1171. VF, darkly toned, slight wave in flan, a few scratches on reverse. Rare.