Triton XX, Lot: 1544. Estimate $750. Sold for $900. 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, 1.63 g, 6h). Expanding cross type, heavy issue (BMC v, Hild. E). Lincolne (Lincoln) mint; Othgrim, moneyer. Struck circa 1052-1053. + EDPE•RD R•EX, diademed bust left; scepter before / + ODGRIM ON LINC, voided short cross with expanding limbs and circle around pellet-in-circle in center. Freeman 235; Mossop pl. LXXV, 3 (dies D/f – this coin illustrated); SCBI 27 (Lincolnshire), 703 (same dies); BMC 703 var. (legends); North 823; SCBC 1177. Good VF, rich colorful tone.
From the Kallman Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Inventory 875483 (July 2010); Morton & Eden 42 (20 May 2010), lot 38; Henry Richard Mossop Collection.