CNG 85, Lot: 1524. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Harold I Harefoot. 1035-1040. AR Penny (18mm, 1.11 g, 6h). Fleur-de-Lis type (BMC v, Hild. B). York mint; Grimulfr, moneyer. Struck 1038-1040. + HΛROLD R•ECX•, diademed bust left; shield and scepter before / + GRIMVLF ON EOF, voided long cross; pellet in circle in center, fleur-de-lis (flanked by pellets) in angles. SCBI 40 (Stockholm), 1519 = Hild. 184 (same dies); BMC -; North 803; SCBC 1165. VF, a couple peck marks. Rare.

From the Marie Karlsson Collection.