Harold II Penny of York

CNG 102, Lot: 1496. Estimate $5000. Sold for $4750. 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). Pax type (BMC i). York mint; Svartkollr, moneyer. Crowned head left; trefoil-tipped scepter before / + SPEΛRTCOL ON EOI, PAX across central field. SCBI 2 (Glasgow), 1224 (same dies); North 836; SCBC 1186. Near EF, lightly toned, weakly struck. Very rare.

From the R.D. Frederick Collection. Ex TJH Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 87, 18 May 2011), lot 2082; Malcom Shields Collection; Finn FPL 15 (1999), no. 97.