Coin of the last Anglo-Saxon king of England:
A silver penny of King Harold II, PAX type, by the moneyer Oswold at the Lewes mint, struck January-October 1066.
The Anglo-Saxon rule of England ended abruptly at the Battle of Hastings, when a Norman arrow struck King Harold II in the eye, killing him on the field. The resulting Norman Conquest ushered in an entirely new era, dominated by Frenchmen descended from earlier Viking invaders.
This coin shows the crowned and bearded king facing left with a scepter within the inscription +HALOL D REX ANG. On the reverse is a central circle within a horizontal register and PAX; +OZPOLD ON LEPEEI inscribed around it.