357, Lot: 569. Estimate $1500. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Harold II. 1066. AR Penny (19mm, 1.22 g, 3h). Pax type (BMC i). Lundene (London) mint; Swetman, moneyer. Struck 6 January-14 October 1066. Crowned head left; scepter before / PΛX between two parallel lines. SCBI 48 (Northern Museums) 1083; EMC 2015.0128 (this coin); North 836; SCBC 1186. VF, toned, creased with small cracks and perforations. Rare.
Per the Early Medieval Corpus of Coin Finds (Fitzwilliam Museum Online Database), this coin was found at Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, England.