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LOT 3835

Sold for (Inc. bp): £416


Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Edward the Confessor AR Penny. Struck circa 1059-1062. York mint; Thorr, moneyer. Hammer Cross type (BMC xia, Hild. G var.).

EDPARD-D REX, crowned bust to right, sceptre before / ✠ ÐORR ON EOFERPI, voided cross, arms terminating in inward-facing crescents; annulet in fourth quarter. North 828; SCBC 1182. 1.27gr, 19mm, 6h.

Good Very Fine. Toned.

PROVENANCE:
Ex Spink and Sons Ltd.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.

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