LOT 4271
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of All England, Harold I Harefoot AR Penny. Struck circa 1038-1040. Hastings mint; Aeffward, moneyer. Fleur-de-lis type (BMC Vc, Hild. B).
✠ HAR-OLD REX, diademed bust to left in armor; before, shield and sceptre / ✠ ÆL-FPE:-RD O-N HÆS (N and H ligate), long voided cross with bases united by circle enclosing pellet; fleur-de-lis between two pellets in each angle. North 803; SCBC 1165. Near Very Fine. Edge chipped.(1.12gr, 17mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFound Romney Marsh area, Kent, 1990-2015.
Property of a Kent gentleman.
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LOT 4271
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of All England, Harold I Harefoot AR Penny.
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£150 (EUR 174; USD 203) +BP*
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Anglo-Saxon. Kings of All England, Harold I Harefoot AR Penny. Struck circa 1038-1040. York mint; Godman, moneyer. Fleur-de-lis (BMC v, Hild. Ba).
Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
✠ HΛRO-LD REX :, diademed bust to left; holding long fleur-de-lis sceptre in his right hand and shield in his left / ✠ GO-DMΛ-N O:-N EO, voided long cross; pellet in circle in centre, fleur-de-lis (composed of trefoils) in angles. North 803; SCBC 1164; EMC -. 0.99gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished combination of mint and moneyer.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of All England, Harold I Harefoot AR Penny. Struck circa 1038-1040. Hastings mint; Aeffward, moneyer. Fleur-de-lis type (BMC Vc, Hild. B).
Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
✠ HAR-OLD REX, diademed bust to left in armor; before, shield and sceptre / ✠ ÆL-FPE:-RD O-N HÆS (N and H ligate), long voided cross with bases united by circle enclosing pellet; fleur-de-lis between two pellets in each angle. North 803; SCBC 1165. 1.12gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Edge chipped.
Found Romney Marsh area, Kent, 1990-2015. Property of a Kent gentleman. -
Anglo-Saxon. Primary Sceattas AR Sceat. Circa 690-710/5. Primary series C.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Radiate bust to right, linear and beaded exergual lines, legend in runes before / Beaded standard containing 'ttii' arranged around central annulet; crosses at sides, Ts at corners. Cf. North 161; SCBC 779. 1.14gr, 11mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman.
