CNG 112, Lot: 815. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Edward the Confessor. 1042-1066. AR Penny (19.5mm, 1.26 g, 3h). Hammer Cross type (BMC xia, Hild. G var.). Dorchester mint; Blareman (Blacaman), moneyer. Struck circa 1059-1062. + EΛDPΛR D RE, crowned bust right, scepter before / + BLΛREMΛN O(ND)ORC, voided cross, arms terminating in inward-facing crescents; saltire cross in second and third quarters. Cf. Freeman, p. 430; SCBI –; North 828; SCBC 1182. Lightly toned. Good VF. Very rare.

Apparently unrecorded with additional saltires on the reverse, a distinctive feature found on some other reverses of late Confessor types at Dorchester.