Rare ‘C R V X’ Variety

CNG 102, Lot: 1476. Estimate $2500. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Edward the Confessor. 1042-1066. AR Penny (19mm, 1.03 g, 6h). ‘Pacx’ type (BMC iv var., Hild. D var.). London mint; Beorthmær, moneyer. Struck 1042-1044. Diademed bust left; quatrefoil-tipped scepter before / + BRIHTMER ON LVN, voided long cross with crescent at ends and pellet at center; C R V X in quarters. Pagan, Pacx 217 (dies D/c – this coin); Freeman 161 var. (regular PACX rev.); SCBI –; Hild –; BMC –; North 814/1; SCBC 1171 var. (same). VF, toned. Extremely rare and interesting variety – Pagan records only two examples of Beorthmær with the C R V X reverse.

From the Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex Spink Numismatic Circular CXVI.4 (August 2008), no. HS3455; Spink Numismatic Circular CVIII.1 (February 2000), no. 165; Dr. R. J. Eaglen Collection (Baldwin’s 18, 12 October 1998), lot 1444.