Harold I Penny, Fleur de Lis type, Shaftesbury, retrograde reverse, Aegelric
Harold I (1035-40),silver Penny, fleur de lis type (c.1038-40), Shaftesbury Mint, moneyer Aegelric, with retrograde reverse legend, diademed bust left with sceptre, legend and toothed border surrounding, commencing at top, +HARO .LD RX,rev.pellet at centre of voided long cross, pellet topped fleur de lis between pellets in each angle, retrograde legend and toothed border surrounding, in reverse +AG ELRI C ON S S CECT, weight 0.87g (SCBI -; Parsons -; N.803; S.1165). Toned struck from a rusty obverse die and most unusual to be coupled with a reverse in mirror image, this moneyer only recorded in Parsons and the sylloges series in the previous jewel cross type, very fine and of the highest rarity.
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Harold I (1035-40),silver Penny, fleur de lis type (c.1038-40), Shaftesbury Mint, moneyer Aegelric, with retrograde reverse legend, diademed bust left with sceptre, legend and toothed border surrounding, commencing at top, +HARO .LD RX,rev.pellet at centre of voided long cross, pellet topped fleur de lis between pellets in each angle, retrograde legend and toothed border surrounding, in reverse +AG ELRI C ON S S CECT, weight 0.87g (SCBI -; Parsons -; N.803; S.1165). Toned struck from a rusty obverse die and most unusual to be coupled with a reverse in mirror image, this moneyer only recorded in Parsons and the sylloges series in the previous jewel cross type, very fine and of the highest rarity.
