Triton XXII, Lot: 1384. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Harold I Harefoot. 1035-1040. AR Penny (18mm, 0.93 g, 9h). Fleur-de-lis type (BMC vc, Hild. B). London mint; Goldsige, moneyer. Struck circa 1038-1040. + HΛR OLD REC, diademed bust left; shield and scepter before / + GOL DSIG E ON LVN :, voided long cross; pellet in circle in center, fleur-de-lis (flanked by pellets) in angles. Cf. SCBI 40 (Stockholm), 1131; cf. Hild 641; BMC 73 var. (legends); North 803; SCBC 1165. Good VF, toned with golden highlights.

Ex William J. Conte Collection (Triton VI, 13 January 2003), lot 1417; Sir Charles Oman Collection (Part III, Christie’s, 31 October 1972), lot 69.