CNG 85, Lot: 1442. Estimate $500. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Danelaw (York). Cnut. Circa 900-905. AR Penny (19mm, 1.31 g, 8h). York mint. C N V T R E X arranged around inverted patriarchal cross with four pellets; ∴ in upper quarters / + CVИ∴ИET∴TI∴, small cross pattée; pellet in 2nd & 4th quarter. L&S Class IIe; SCBI 29 (Merseyside), 324; North 501; SCBC 993. Good VF, toned, slight die shift on reverse.

From the Marie Karlsson Collection.