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Only Other Two Coins Recorded with This Mint Spelling

LOT 3317

Sold for (Inc. bp): £780


Anglo-Saxon. Kings of all England, Harold I AR Penny. 1035-1040.

Harold I Harefoot. Jewel Cross type (BMC i, Hild. A), Skuli at York. 1016-1035. + HΛROLD RECX., diademed bust to left / + SCVLA ON EOFERPICC (trefoil), cross composed of four ovals united at base by two concentric circles enclosing a pellet. BMC -; North 802; SCBC 1163. 1.05gr, 17mm, 6h.

Good Very Fine. Pierced for use as a pendant to the 'O' and subsequently plugged. Extremely Rare. Only two coins recorded on the Medieval Coin Corpus and SCBI with this mint spelling.

PROVENANCE:
Acquired from a Norfolk, UK, collector.
Property of an Essex gentleman.

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