344, Lot: 611. Estimate $500. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Harold I Harefoot. 1035-1040. AR Penny (18.5mm, 1.10 g, 9h). Jewel Cross type (BMC i, Hild. A). Lundene (London) mint; Duding, moneyer. Struck 1036-1038. + HΛROLD REX, diademed bust left / + DVDINIC ON LVN., cross composed of four ovals united at base by two concentric circles enclosing a pellet. SCBI 40 (Stockholm), 402 (same dies); BMC –; North 802; SCBC 1163. VF, toned, peck marks, central striking crack. Very rare spelling of moneyer under Harold I.

From the Michael Joffre Collection.