England (1053-56) penny S-1179
This specimen was lot 5015 in Künker sale 441 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €2,000 (about US$2,752 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"ENGLAND, AB 1707 GROSSBRITANNIEN, AB 1801 VEREINIGTES KÖNIGREICH Edward the Confessor, 1042-1066. Penny, um 1053-1056, York. Pointed helmet type. Münzmeister STRICOL (Stircol). Bärtiges Brustbild r. mit Helm und Kreuzzepter//Doppelfadenkreuz mit Halbmonden an den Enden, in der Mitte ein Kreis mit Punkt, im ersten Winkel ein Ringel. Hübsche Patina, fast vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion Lanz 124, München 2005, Nr. 726. (kingdom of England, Edward the Confessor, 1042-66, penny, circa 1053-56, Yourk mint, pointed helmet type. Obverse: bearded bust right with helm and cross scepter; reverse: double cross with half moons on the ends, a dot in the center, a ring in the second quarter. Handsome patina, about extremely fine.)"
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 1,42 g.
Catalog reference: North 825; Seaby 1179.
- Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date, London: Coincraft, 1995.
- Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Frühjahrs-Auktion 441: Orders and Decorations from the Estate of Wilhelm, Duke of Bavaria (1752–1837), among others | Coins and Medals from the Middle Ages and Modern times, particularly Denmark, Habsburg, Norway, and Saxony, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2026.
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