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Penny - Harold I Jewel Cross type
| Issuer | England |
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| Year | 1036-1038 |
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| Value | 1 Penny |
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| Obverse description | Diademed and draped bust of Harold I facing left, rendered in the vigorous Anglo-Saxon hammered style typical of the period. The king's effigy displays a jewelled diadem and stylised drapery at the shoulder. A beaded inner circle frames the portrait, with the royal legend disposed around the field. The lettering is executed in the angular, somewhat crude Latin script characteristic of early 11th-century English coinage. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central jewel cross design composed of four ovals or pellet-in-annulet motifs arranged in cruciform fashion, their bases united by two concentric circles enclosing a central pellet, forming the distinctive 'Jewel Cross' type. The overall design is confined within a beaded inner border. The moneyer's name and mint name appear in the surrounding legend, separated by pellets. The die-cutting reflects the hand-crafted variability characteristic of Anglo-Saxon hammered silver coinage. |
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