CNG 85, Lot: 1493. Estimate $750. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Cnut. 1016-1035. AR Penny (18mm, 0.94 g, 9h). Quatrefoil type (BMC viii, Hild. E). Huntingdon mint; Eadnoth, moneyer. Struck circa 1017-1023. + CNVT REX ΛNGLΘ, crowned bust left in quatrefoil; pellet behind neck / + ÆΛDNΘÐ Θ(N H)VNTDI, voided long cross with triple-crescent ends and pellet at center, over quatrefoil. Blackburn & Lyon Lon. Cl style; SCBI -; Hild. -; BMC -; North 781; SCBC 1157. EF, lightly toned. Rare legend variety from a rare mint.

From the Marie Karlsson Collection.

The spelling of both the moneyer and mint on this coin is unusual. On the quatrefoil issue this moneyer is typically spelled EΛDNΘÐ, but here it is ÆΛDNΘÐ, which is only known on the pointed helmet issue (Hild. 1221; SCBI 13, 1262-3). At the same time, the mint name has various spellings, but no examples in the standard references list it as on this coin, HVNTDI.