416, Lot: 579. Estimate $200. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Harold I Harefoot. 1035-1040. AR Penny (18mm, 0.89 g, 11h). Fleur-de-Lis type (BMC v, Hild. B). Lundene (London) mint; Godric, moneyer. Struck 1038-1040. Diademed bust left; shield and lis-tipped scepter before / + GO DRIC ON LVN, voided long cross; pellet in circle in center, fleur-de-lis (flanked by pellets) in angles. SCBI 40 (Stockholm), 1109 (same dies); North 803; SCBC 1165. Fine, toned, slightly chipped flan, holed for suspension.