ANGLO-SAXON. Edward the Confessor. 1042-1066. AR penny. 1.45 gm. 19 mm. York mint. Sovereign/eagles type. 1059-1059. The king crowned and bearded, sitting on a throne facing; a long scepter in his right hand and an orb in his left / A voided short cross with a bird in each angle; +SNEBRN ON EOFRPI. S. 1181. N. 827. Cf. Hildebrand 149. Near Extremely Fine; clear obverse and reverse strike; slight metal strain marks across obverse but nothing corresponding on the reverse; attractive example of an unusual type.