New Moneyer for Type at Derby

363, Lot: 502. Estimate $400. Sold for $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Edward the Confessor. 1042-1066. AR Penny (18mm, 1.00 g, 12h). Pacx type (BMC iv, Hild. D). Deoraby (Derby) mint; Svertingr, moneyer. Struck 1042-1044. + EDPER · D RE+ ·:, diademed bust left; quatrefoil-tipped scepter before / + SP: ARTI NC O (ND)EO , voided long cross with crescent at ends and pellet at center; P A C X in quarters. EMC 2015.0236 (this coin); Pagan, Pacx –; Pagan, Pacx Suppl –; Freeman –; Hild –; BMC –; North 813; SCBC 1171. Good VF, cracks and perforations. Extremely rare. New moneyer for this type at this mint.

Found Cambridgeshire, August 2015.