CNG 102, Lot: 1482. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Edward the Confessor. 1042-1066. AR Penny (19mm, 1.63 g, 9h). Expanding cross type, heavy issue (BMC v, Hild. E). Shrewsbury mint; Leofwine, moneyer. Struck 1050-1053. Diademed bust left; trefoil-tipped scepter before / + LEOFPINE ON SCREO :, voided short cross with expanding limbs and circle around pellet-in-circle in center. Freeman 75; SCBI –; BMC 1178; North 823; SCBC 1177. Good VF. Rare.

From the Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex Dix, Noonan, Webb 56 (11 December 2002), lot 102.