Extremely Rare – Ex Eaglen Collection

365, Lot: 517. Estimate $200. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Edward the Confessor. 1042-1066. AR Penny (17.5mm, 1.13 g, 9h). Facing Bust/Small Cross type (BMC xiii, Hild. Ac). Lundene (London) mint; Osmund, moneyer. Struck 1062-1065. + EΛDPΛED RE+:, crowned facing bust / + OMVND ON LVND:, short cross pattée; annulet in 4th quarter. Freeman 639; SCBI 27 (Lincolnshire), 1768 var. (legends); Hild –; BMC –; North 830; SCBC 1183. Good VF, toned, wavy flan. Extremely rare moneyer for type, only the Lincolnshire example in SCBI, none in EMC.

Ex Spink Numismatic Circular CVIII/1 (February 2000), no. 170; Dr. R.J. Eaglen Collection (Baldwin’s 18, 13 October 1998), lot 1484.