CNG 102, Lot: 1485. Estimate $500. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Edward the Confessor. 1042-1066. AR Penny (20mm, 1.15 g, 3h). Pointed Helmet type (BMC vii, Hild. F). Steyning mint; Wulfric, moneyer. Struck 1053-1056. Bust right, wearing pointed helmet and holding lis-tipped scepter / + PVFERIC ON STE :·, voided short cross, with pellet-in-annulet at center and triple crescents at each end. King,
Steyning 19; Freeman 36; SCBI 1 (Fitzwilliam), 881 (same dies); North 825; SCBC 1179. Good VF, toned, legends weak in parts.
From the Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex Spink Numismatic Circular CVIII.3 (June 2000), no. 2307; Dr. R. J. Eaglen Collection (Baldwin’s 18, 12 October 1998), lot 1534.