Triton XX, Lot: 1545. Estimate $2500. Sold for $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Harold II. 1066. AR Penny (18.5mm, 1.33 g, 11h). Pax type (BMC i). Leigeceaster (Leicester) mint; Æthelwine, moneyer. Struck 6 January-14 October 1066. + HΛROLD REX AN, crowned head left; scepter before / + EGLPINE ON LEHRI, PΛX between two parallel lines. SCBI 2 (Hunterian), 1191; Hild –; BMC –; North 836; SCBC 1186. VF, a few weak spots.
From the D. Meisner Collection. Ex William J. Conte Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 58, 19 September 2001), lot 1904; Corringham, Lincolnshire, 1994 Hoard (NC 156 [1996], p. 291, 131).