Unusual Bust Type

998519.

Sold For $795

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Cnut. 1016-1035. AR Penny (19mm, 1.06 g, 10h). Quatrefoil type (BMC viii, Hild. E). Lundene (London) mint; Wynsige, moneyer. Struck circa 1017-1023. + CNVT REX ΛNGLORV, crowned and draped bust with uncertain device (helmet-flap?) at back of head; pellet behind bust; all within quatrefoil / + PУ NSI ON L V(ND), voided long cross with triple-crescent ends and pellet at center; all over quatrefoil; pellet in first quarter. SCBI 25 (Helsinki), 676 var. (rev. legend; same obv. die); Hild 2808; BMC –; cf.. North 781; cf. SCBC 1157. EF.