Jamesblair

This is my first post on this forum. I am interested in the sequence of coin types of the early phase of the Norman Conquest, and one thing that has perplexed me is: what happened, numismatically speaking, during the interregnum between Harold's death and the issue of William's first type (profile left / cross fleury)? It seems virtually inconceivable that William could have issued coinage before he had become the legal monarch with his Coronation on December 25 1066, though it is possible he might have been able to set in motion the preparation of dies once the English had surrendered at Berkhampstead early in December. During the intervening interregnum there must have been a need for coinage, supposing that the bulk of Harold's Pax issue had been used to pay his mercenaries and had thus been exported when they returned home to Denmark and elsewhere. My hypothesis is that the variety of Harold's type without sceptre might have been a posthumous issue, produced during the interregnum: the omission of the sceptre possibly indicating that Harold was no longer king. Does anyone know of any evidence that could confirm, or refute, this hypothesis please?