Code: 10943
Harold II Silver Penny, (1066).
Pax type, Wilton Mint, Moneyer Aelfwold.
Obverse: Crowned bust facing left with sceptre, with legend and beaded outer circle surrounding: +HAROLD REX AI.
Reverse: PAX across field between beaded lines horizontal at centre, beaded circles and legend surrounding: +AELPOLD ON PILVI.
BMC69; S.1186.
1.24 grams, 20 mm in diameter.
Toned, a little weakness in parts, especially so on the obverse, above the bust, and corresponding area on the reverse, some scratch marks to areas, most likely to remove deposits after excavation, otherwise about very fine and scarce.
Provenance:
EX. M. Vosper Coins.
