Triton XXII, Lot: 1383. Estimate $750. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Harold I Harefoot. 1035-1040. AR Penny (17mm, 1.10 g, 6h). Jewel Cross type (BMC i, Hild. A). Winchester mint; Godwine Widia, moneyer. Struck 1035–circa 1038. + HΛRO LD REX, diademed bust left / + GODPINE PIDI ON PIN :·, cross composed of four ovals united at base by two concentric circles enclosing a pellet. Harvey 1357a (possibly this coin), 1357c-d (dies A/a) = SCBI 40 (Stockholm), 609-10 (same dies); Hild 1019; BMC –; North 802; SCBC 1163. Good VF, toned, thin flan crack, peck marks.

From the Londinium Collection. Ex Marion A. Sinton Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 53, 15 March 2000), lot 2254; A. DeShazo Collection, purchased from Baldwin’s, 1984.