Watch List notes:

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Edward the Confessor. 1042-1066. AR Penny (20mm, 1.69 g, 2h). Expanding cross type, heavy issue (BMC v, Hild. E). York mint; Ælfwine, moneyer. Struck 1050-1053. Diademed bust left; trefoil-tipped scepter before / + ELFPINEE ON EOFOR, voided short cross with expanding limbs and circle around pellet-in-circle in center; annulet in second quarter. Freeman 15; SCBI 54 (Stockholm), 1183 var. (legends); North 823; SCBC 1177. Good VF, attractive old tone.


From the Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex St. James 5 (27 September 2006), lot 71; Spink Numismatic Circular LXXXIX.7-8 (July/August 1981), no. 5362; reportedly ex Duke of Argyll Collection.