| Noonans (formerly Dix Noonan Webb) > Auction 290 | Auction date: 21 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 1036 Price realized: 6,000 GBP (Approx. 7,567 USD / 7,003 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, Canterbury, Ælfwine, Gp A, +harold rex anglo, rev. +elfwine on can, 1.36g/9h (Bt 42, this coin; Pagan, NM p. 191 [three examples noted]; BMC 4, same dies). Good very fine, strong portrait, fresh bright metal; the mint very rare in this reign £3,000-£4,000 --- During much of the the eighth and ninth centuries Canterbury was the most significant mint-place in England. By the late tenth century its importance was 'of a second order', and in the reign of Harold II output appears to have been particularly limited; Metcalf records it producing just 1.6% of the national output in 1066. |  |
