CNG 99, Lot: 1225. Estimate $500. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Edward the Confessor. 1042-1066. AR Penny (20mm, 1.29 g, 12h). Sovereign/Martlets type (BMC ix; Hild. H). Hæstinga (Hastings) mint; Brid, moneyer. Struck 1056-1059. EΛDPRD REX ΛNGORV, Edward seated facing on throne, holding scepter in right hand and globus cruciger in left / + BRI(ND) ON HÆSTIEN : (horizontal S), voided cross, with martlet in each quarter. Freeman 7; SCBI 42 (Southeastern), 1426 (same dies); Hild –; BMC 510; North 827; SCBC 1181. Good VF, toned.