CNG 111, Lot: 1072. Estimate $750. Sold for $810. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Edward the Confessor. 1042-1066. AR Penny (20mm, 1.71 g, 6h). Expanding cross type, heavy issue (BMC v, Hild. E). London mint; Eadræd, moneyer. Struck circa 1050-1053. Diademed bust left; trefoil-tipped scepter before / + EDRED ON LVNDE :, voided short cross with expanding limbs and circle around pellet-in-circle in center. Freeman 305; SCBI 20 (Mack), 1194; North 823; SCBC 1177. Near EF, toned.

From the Johnson Family Collection, purchased 18 February 1965.