Spink > Auction 24004Auction date: 4 April 2024
Lot number: 42

Price realized: 650 GBP   (Approx. 817 USD / 759 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
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Lot description:


(x) Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), 'Sovereign / Eagles' Type, Penny, 1056-1059, York, Snæbjorn, EDPARD RX ANGLO•, king enthroned looking left, orb with cross in left hand, sceptre in right, rev. + SNEBRN ON EOFRPI, voided short cross with eagle (martlet) in each angle within inner circle, 1.38g [21.3grns], 1h (Hildebrand 149, Type H (f.5, ir 79 variety); SCBI 18 [Copenhagen, Part IV], -; SCBI 21 [Yorkshire], 366-368 no die links, [and 369-370 same obverse die, and 371-373 same dies]; SCBI 29 [Merseyside], 795 same dies; SCBI 54 [Stockholm, Part V], 1239 same dies; SCBI 60 [Hermitage, Part II], 1115 same dies; SCBI 66 [Norwegian, Part II], -; North 827; BMC IX [Coll. 348 no die link]; Spink 1181), of bright appearance, small deposits on obverse, a pleasing and bold very fine.
Provenance,
The Steve J Green Collection of Anglo-Saxon Coins [with his tickets and envelope],
Dr John Tooze, DNW 163, 18 September 2019, lot 1066 - £600,
M Vosper, by private treaty - £250,

Estimate: £500 - £800