Rare Variety with Cross Behind Head

Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 2051. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Cnut. 1016-1035. AR Penny (1.06 g, 8h). Helmet (BMC XIV) type. Lincoln mint; Leofwine, monneyer. Struck 1024-1030. +CNVT REX Λ, bust left wearing pointed helmet; scepter before, cross pattée behind / +LEOFPINE ON LI, voided short cross, with central pellet in circle; in each angle, a broken annulet enclosing a pellet. Mossop -; SCBI 14 (Copenhagen), 1697-8 var. (no cross on obv.); BMC -; North 787 var. (same); SCBC 1158; CNG 45, lot 2768. Superb EF, toned. Very rare variety with cross on obverse.