CNG 102, Lot: 1471. Estimate $750. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Harold I Harefoot. 1035-1040. AR Penny (17mm, 1.05 g, 5h). Jewel Cross type (BMC i, Hild. A). Lincoln mint; Kolgrimr, moneyer. Struck 1036-1038. Diademed bust left / + CONRIH ON LINCO, cross composed of four ovals united at base by two concentric circles enclosing a pellet. Mossop pl. LVII, 15-21 var. (unlisted dies); SCBI 40 (Stockholm), 274-9 var. (legends); North 802; SCBC 1163. VF, toned. Distinctive regional style featuring an almost lunate head of Harold.