CNG 102, Lot: 1487. Estimate $500. 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 (20mm, 1.22 g, 3h). Sovereign/Martlets type (BMC ix; Hild. H). Hastings mint; Wulfric, moneyer. Struck 1056-1059. Edward seated facing on throne, holding scepter and orb / + PVLFRIC OИ HSTÆ, voided cross, with martlet in each quarter. Freeman 67; SCBI 42 (Southeastern), 1372 var. (legends); North 827; SCBC 1181. VF, toned, areas of flat strike.

From the R.D. Frederick Collection. Ex Capt. Axel John “Peter” Arnot Collection (Buckland, Dix and Wood, 21 March 1995), lot 313.