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Auction: 23051 - English Milled and Hammered Coins and Artefacts
Lot: 1043

Harold II Godwinesson (5 January - 14 October 1066), 'PAX' Type, Cut Halfpenny, 1066, London, Godric, [+ HA]ROLD R[EX AN] commencing at 2 o'clock, crowned bust left, sceptre before, rev. [+G]ODRIC ON [LVNDE] commencing at 8 o'clock, PAX in central tablet, 0.59g [9.11grns], 2h [to i.m.], 18.85 x 9.36 mm. x 0.95mm. diameter / thickness (SCBI 2 [Hunterian], 1199 same reverse die; SCBI 30 [American], 663 same obverse die; PAS KENT-146CF6 this coin; PAS KENT-4A8566 same reverse die; North 836; Spink 1186), some minor peripheral striking softness, otherwise darker field patina, very fine, a sought-after issue in the present market

Provenance

Found at Bonnington, Ashford District (Kent), by 25 April 2019

~ Recorded with the Portable Antiquities Scheme, ref. KENT-146CF6 ~

~ Recorded with the Fitzwilliam Museum, EMC 2023.0512 ~

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Sold for
£480

Starting price
£350