CNG 102, Lot: 1477. Estimate $400. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Edward the Confessor. 1042-1066. AR Penny (18mm, 0.91 g, 9h). Radiate/Small cross type (BMC i, Hild. A). London mint; Beorhtræd, moneyer. Struck 1044-1046. Radiate and draped bust left / + BRIHTRED ON LVN, short cross pattée. Freeman 172; SCBI 18 (Copenhagen), 1035; North 816; SCBC 1173. Good VF, rich old tone, striking perforation.

From the Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex St. James 5 (27 September 2006), lot 71; reportedly ex Duke of Argyll Collection.