CNG 85, Lot: 1522. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Harold I Harefoot. 1035-1040. AR Penny (17mm, 1.14 g, 6h). Jewel Cross type (BMC i, Hild. A). Shrewsbury mint; Leofwine, moneyer. Struck 1036-1038. + HΛROLD RECX, diademed bust left / + LEOF(PI)NE ON SCROB, cross composed of four ovals united at base by two concentric circles enclosing a pellet. SCBI 18 (Copenhagen), 482 (same dies); SCBI 40 (Stockholm), 526 = Hild. 838 (same dies [halfpenny]); BMC -; North 802; SCBC 1163. VF, peck marks. Very rare.

From the Marie Karlsson Collection.