Harold II (1066)

Silver Penny

Paxs type, Cambridge

Bust left with sceptre, moneyer Godwine, rev. legend begins at 8 o'clock, +GODPINE ON GRANTV, obv. [HARO]LD REX ANGLO, 1.30g, (S.1186, N.836, EMC 2003.0182 - this coin). Slightly bent and with a crease running from 12 o'clock to 3 o'clock, otherwise very fine or near so and evenly toned. The mint extremely rare for this.

Provenance:

Found Bleadon, North Somerset

Note: The EMC and SCBI lists only 2 coins of Harold II from Cambridge, this being one of them and the only one of this moneyer.

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