Harold II 1066AD Silver Penny PAX Type with Sceptre Godric/Thetford
£5,500.00
Harold II 1066AD Silver Penny PAX Type with Sceptre Godric/Thetford
S1186, 19mm, 1.30g
Diademed bust left with sceptre./ PAX across field. Good portrait and legends.
This coin is recorded with the EMC database held at the Fitzwilliam museum, Cambridge.
1066AD was a turbulent year for England; with the death of the popular monarch Edward The Confessor there followed a power grab by Harold Godwinson lasting 10 months before being ended by William Duke of Normandy at the battle of Hastings where Harold is reportedly killed by an arrow to the eye. The story is told in great detail in the Bayeux tapestry but by which side, the English or the French? William Duke of Normandy became William The Conqueror and initiated a number of administrative reforms including the compilation of the Doomsday Book in 1086AD.
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