435, Lot: 592. Estimate $100. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Edward the Confessor. 1042-1066. AR Penny (18mm, 1.28 g, 6h). Pyramids type (BMC xv, Hild. I). York mint; Authulfr, moneyer. Struck circa 1065-1066. Crowned bust right; scepter before / + ΘVÐVLF ON EOFER, voided short cross with annulet in center; inward-facing and pellet-surmounted pyramid in quarters in first, third, and fourth quarters, annulet in second quarter. Freeman 290; SCBI 29 Merseyside). 835 (same dies); North 831; SCBC 1184. Fine, lightly toned, bent with some stress fractures.

From the Londinium Collection.