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LOT 2230
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Harold II - London / Wulfgar - PAX Penny 1066 A.D.
BMC type i. Obv: profile bust left with sceptre and +HAROLD REX ANGLOR: legend. Rev: PAX across centre between lines with +PVLGARONLVND legend starting at 10 o'clock for the moneyer Wulfgar at London mint. Very fine; small crack at edge. Very rare.(1.24 grams.).
Provenance
Found near North Cockerington, Lincolnshire, UK, 2022.
Recorded with Early Medieval Corpus, Cambridge, reference EMC 2022.0423.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman.
Published
See Early Medieval Corpus, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, reference EMC 2022.0423 (this coin).
Literature
S. 1186; N. 836.
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LOT 2230
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Harold II - London / Wulfgar - PAX Penny
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,600
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