Watch List notes:

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Harold II. 1066. AR Penny (19mm, 1.28 g, 9h). Pax type (BMC i, Hild. A). Steyning mint; Deorman, moneyer. + HΛROLD REX ΛNGLO, crowned bust left; scepter to left / + DERMON OM STÆNI, PAX across central field. Grierson, Coins of Medieval Europe 145; SCBI 2 (Hunterian), 1209 (same dies); Hild –; BMC 84 (same dies); North 836; SCBC 1186. Deep cabinet toning. Near EF. A most handsome example. Rare.


From the Richard A. Jourdan Collection of Medieval European Coins, purchased from Charles H. Wolfe, III, 1999. Ex Spink 36 (20 May 1984), lot 824 (purchased by the consignor from Leonard Forrer, December 1948).