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Auction: 26005 - British and World Coins and Medals: The Martin J Waldron Collection of English Coins
Lot: 441

Harold II Godwinesson (5 January - 14 October 1066), 'PAX' Type, Penny, 1066, Sudbury, Folcwine, + HAROLD REX ANGL, crowned head left, beard of two rows of small pellets, a sceptre tipped with a trefoil of pellets and a further pellet at bottom and middle of sceptre shaft before, rev. + FOLCPINE ON SVD, commencing at 11 o'clock, across field and between two pelleted lines, PAX, within beaded inner circle, 1.30g [20.06grns], 9h (Bt 105 this coin; Pagan NM -; Parsons -; North 836; BMC I, -; S.1186), slightly concave flan, and with light tone interspersed amongst conserved fields, an excellent portrait for this fateful King, a really pleasingly good very fine, the mint previously unknown for this reign prior to the discovery of the Braintree Hoard

Provenance

Noonans 290, 21 February 2024, lot 1098

Braintree Hoard (Essex), recovered February 2019

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Estimate
£3,000 to £4,000

Starting price
£2400