ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Edward the Confessor. 1042-1066. AR Penny (19mm, 1.29 g, 3h). Hammer Cross type (BMC xi; Hild. G). Chester mint; Huscarl, moneyer. Struck circa 1059-1062. Crowned bust right; scepter before / + HVZ CΛRL O(N L)EGECC, voided cross, arms terminating in inward-facing crescents. Freeman 128; SCBI 5 (Chester), 357-8 (same dies); North 828; SCBC 1182. Good VF, toned, two striking splits and small striking perforation.
Evocative moneyer name derived from old Norse Hús (household) and karl. (man), used in England to mean the Danish retainer of a household. (See here)