BRITISH COINS, Anglo-Saxon, Edward the Confessor, Silver Penny, Expanding Cross type (1050-1053), heavy coinage, London mint, moneyer probably Leofsige, diademed bust left with sceptre, legend commences at top, +EDPE .RD REX:, rev short voided cross with expanding limbs and pellet centre within twin annulet, all within linear circle, +LEOFSI-- N LVNDENE, 1.59g (BMC type V; N 823; S 1176). Good fine, toned.
ex L A Lawrence collection, Glendining, 17 May 1950, lot 276 (part), with identification ticket in the hand of F Elmore-Jones
Estimate: £150-200