CNG 87, Lot: 2082. Estimate $3000. Sold for $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Harold II. 1066. AR Penny (19mm, 1.37 g, 5h). York mint; Svartkollr, moneyer. + IIΛROLD REX ΛNGL, crowned head left; scepter before / + SPEΛRTCOL ON EOI, PAX across central field. SCBI 2 (Glasgow), 1224 (same dies); BMC 23; North 836; SCBC 1186. Near EF, lightly toned, weakly struck. Very rare.

From the TJH Collection. Ex Malcom Shields Collection; Finn FPL 15 (1999), no. 97.