| Noonans (formerly Dix Noonan Webb) > Auction 290 | Auction date: 21 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 1034 Price realized: 6,500 GBP (Approx. 8,198 USD / 7,587 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Harold II Harold II (1066), PAX type with Sceptre [BMC I; N 836; S 1186], Penny, Cambridge, Godwine, Gp A, +harold rex anglo:, rev. +godpine on grantv, 1.38g/12h (Bt 40, this coin; Pagan, NM p.195 [one example noted]; Jacob 36, same dies; BMC –). About extremely fine with an excellent portrait, light hoard patina over fresh metal; an extremely rare and attractive coin £3,000-£4,000 --- Struck from the same dies as Braintree 39 Writing in 1984 Kenneth Jacob noted the existence of only five Pennies struck at the Cambridge mint under Harold II, three of which are held in museum collections; Hugh Pagan made no additions to this list, while the great Chew Valley hoard contained not a single Penny of Harold struck at Cambridge. |  |
