CNG 102, Lot: 1492. Estimate $400. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Edward the Confessor. 1042-1066. AR Penny (20mm, 1.30 g, 12h). Hammer Cross type (BMC xi; Hild. G). Lewes mint; Osweald, moneyer. Struck circa 1059-1062. Crowned bust right, trefoil-tipped scepter before / + OSPOLD : ON LÆPES ·:, voided cross, arms terminating in inward-facing crescents. Freeman 128; SCBI 20 (Mack), 1251 (same dies); North 828; SCBC 1182. VF, small surface crack on obverse.

From the Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex Baldwin’s FPL (Summer 2014), no. AS054.