Triton XIX, Lot: 939. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Edward the Confessor. 1042-1066. AR Penny (19mm, 0.91 g, 7h). Pacx type variety (BMC iva var., Hild. Da var.). London mint; Wulfgar, moneyer. Struck 1042-circa 1044. + EDPNRD REC+, diademed bust left; quatrefoil-tipped scepter before / PYLFGAR: ON LVNDEN, voided short cross, pellet-in-annulet in center, CΛPX in angles. Pagan, Pacx 310.1 (dies E/e – this coin); Freeman 721; SCBI 54 (Stockholm), 206 = Hild. 564 var. (legends); BMC –; North 814; SCBC 1172 (this coin illustrated). Near EF, toned. Rare variety with the short cross on the reverse .

From the Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex St. James’s 5 (27 September 2006), lot 70; Duke of Argyll collection.

The Standard Catalogue of British Coins (50th edition) plate coin.