Well Struck Harold II Penny

CNG 94, Lot: 1930. Estimate $5000. Sold for $14000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Harold II. 1066. AR Penny (19mm, 1.32 g, 3h). Pax type (BMC i). Læwes (Lewes) mint; Osweald, moneyer. Struck 6 January-14 October 1066. + HΛLOLD REX ΛNG, crowned head left; scepter before / + OZPOLD ON LEPEEI, PΛX between two parallel lines. King 278; SCBI 1 (Fitzwilliam), 972–3 (same dies); Hild. –; BMC 46; North 836; SCBC 1186. EF, attractive old collection toning. Well centered and struck.

From the James Fox Collection.