Obverse: +HAROLD REX AN ; crowned bust left with sceptre.
Reverse: +GODRIC ON HVNI ; beaded inner circle, PAX between two beaded lines.
Once cleaned, scratch across mouth with some tiny digs on bust, some stress striations on reverse perhaps from being in the ground, otherwise fine, bolder on reverse, very rare.
Found at Great Paxton August 2020, EMC 2021.0006.
Weight 1.24 grams.
BMC type I. N. 836; S. 1186.

Godric, is a new moneyer for the reign and no examples extant in the Chew Valley hoard, thus a unique coin.

Sold April 2023