Harold II (1066), PAX type without Sceptre [BMC Ia; N 837; S 1187]
, Penny, Colchester, Wulfwig, Gp D, +harold rex angl, rev. +pvlfpi on colec, 1.32g/3h (Bt 135, this coin; Pagan, NM p.194 [5 examples noted]; BMC 7). Annealed with a considerable stress crack running from 12 to 3 o’clock behind the king’s head; the fabric otherwise stable, fine and rare £240-£300

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Braintree Hoard of Late Anglo-Saxon Pennies.

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Struck from the same dies as Braintree 138