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CNG 85, Lot: 1509. Estimate $500.
Sold for $675. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Cnut. 1016-1035. AR Penny (18mm, 0.91 g, 3h). Pointed Helmet type (BMC xiv, Hild. G). Dover mint; Leofwine, moneyer. Struck circa 1024-1030. + CNVT ∴ EX ΛNG:, bust left, wearing pointed helmet; scepter before / + LEOFPINE MO DO•FE:, voided short cross, limbs united at base by two concentric circles with pellet in center; in each angle, broken annulet enclosing pellet. SCBI 13 (Copenhagen), 379-84 var. (legends); Hild. 337-8 var. (same); BMC 49 var. (same); North 787; SCBC 1158. Near EF, lightly toned. Rare legend variety.


From the Marie Karlsson Collection. Ex Myntgalleriet AB (20 May 1995), lot 443.