CNG 91, Lot: 1477. Estimate $500. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Harold I Harefoot. 1035-1040. AR Penny (17mm, 1.07 g, 3h). Jewel Cross type (BMC i, Hild. A). Hamtune (Northampton) mint; Ælfwine, moneyer. Struck 1036-1038. + HΛROLD RE, diademed bust left / + ÆL·FPINE ON HΛM, cross composed of four ovals united at base by two concentric circles enclosing a pellet. SCBI 40 (Stockholm), 483 = Hild. 278 (same dies); cf. BMC 41; North 802; SCBC 1163. VF, toned, a few peck marks. Rare mint.

From the Tradewinds Collection.