CNG 102, Lot: 1484. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Edward the Confessor. 1042-1066. AR Penny (20mm, 1.69 g, 2h). Expanding cross type, heavy issue (BMC v, Hild. E). York mint; Ælfwine, moneyer. Struck 1050-1053. Diademed bust left; trefoil-tipped scepter before / + ELFPINEE ON EOFOR, voided short cross with expanding limbs and circle around pellet-in-circle in center; annulet in second quarter. Freeman 15; SCBI 54 (Stockholm), 1183 var. (legends); North 823; SCBC 1177. Good VF, attractive old tone.

From the Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex St. James 4 (8 May 2006), lot 90.