England (1066) penny S-1186

Stack's Bowers 2026 ANA sale, lot 41281

This specimen was lot 41281 in Stack's Bowers Summer 2026 Global Showcase Auction (Pittsburgh, August 2026), where it sold for $5,856. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Anglo-Saxon. Kings of All England. Penny, ND (1066). London Mint; Leofsige, moneyer. Harold II. PCGS AU-55. Pax (BMC i) type. Exceptionally attractive and enticing, this near-Mint stunner provides sharply struck devices and legends, and pairs these aspects with great metal quality and golden-gray toning. VERY RARE when encountered this attractive and enthralling." Harold's brief reign ended with his defeat and death at the Battle of Hastings in 1066.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: S-1186; N-836.

Source:

• Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date, London: Coincraft, 1995.
• Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, Summer 2026 Global Showcase Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2026.

Link to:

• (1053-56) penny, York mint, Edward the Confessor
• (1065-66) penny, Stafford Mint, Edward the Confessor
• (1066-87) penny, York mint, William I
• Coins and currency dated 1066