CNG 94, Lot: 1928. Estimate $500. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Edward the Confessor. 1042-1066. AR Penny (20mm, 1.75 g, 9h). Expanding cross type, heavy issue (BMC v, Hild. E). Eofrwic (York) mint; Styrkollr, moneyer. Struck 1050-1053. + EDP:RD REX:, diademed bust left; scepter before / + STYRCOL ON EOFERP, voided short cross with expanding limbs and circle around pellet-in-circle in center; annulet in 2nd quarter. Freeman 345; SCBI 54 (Stockholm), 1185 = Hild. 155 (same dies); BMC 312; North 823; SCBC 1177. Near EF, toned.

From the James Fox Collection.