CNG 102, Lot: 1488. 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, 1.24 g, 6h). Sovereign/Martlets type (BMC ix; Hild. H). London mint; Ægelweard (or Æthelweard), moneyer. Struck 1056-1059. Edward seated facing on throne, holding scepter and orb / · + · ÆGELPER ON LVND, voided cross, with martlet in each quarter. Freeman 17; SCBI –; BMC 994 var. (rev. legend); North 827; SCBC 1181. VF, richly toned.

From the Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex Edward Judson Collection (Dix, Noonan, Webb 55, 8 October 2002), lot 1063; Glendining’s (13 March 1974), lot 155; William Charles Wells Collection, no. 415, with his ticket (cf. Eaglen C 73-2) [1870-1949].