The Braintree Hoard of Late Anglo-Saxon Pennies

Harold II (1066), PAX type with Sceptre, Penny, Sudbury, Folcwine, Gp B, +harold rex angl, two pellets in field, one above the sceptre head and another behind the neck, small wedge leading from ‘X’ towards sceptre, rev. +folcpine on svð:, 1.30g/9h (Bt 107, this coin; Parsons –; Pagan, NM –; BMC –). Lightly bowed, otherwise good very fine, with a strong portrait and light hoard patina; the mint previously unrecorded in this reign
£3,000-£4,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Braintree Hoard of Late Anglo-Saxon Pennies.

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Struck from the same dies as Braintree 105-6 & 108-9