CNG 85, Lot: 1521. Estimate $300. Sold for $304. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Harold I Harefoot. 1035-1040. AR Cut Halfpenny (9mm, 0.57 g, 6h). Jewel Cross type (BMC i, Hild. A). London mint; Leofræd, moneyer. Struck 1036-1038. + [HΛRO]LD RE:, diademed bust left / + [LEOFRED] ON LVND∵, cross composed of four ovals united at base by two concentric circles enclosing a pellet. SCBI 40 (Stockholm), 436 = Hild. 658 (same dies); BMC -; North 802; SCBC 1163. VF, toned, halved. Rare.

From the Marie Karlsson Collection.