CNG 85, Lot: 1497. Estimate $300. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Cnut. 1016-1035. AR Penny (18mm, 0.88 g, 12h). Quatrefoil type (BMC viii, Hild. E). London mint; Eardnoth, moneyer. Struck circa 1017-1023. + CNVT REX ΛNGLΘ:, crowned bust left in quatrefoil / + EΛRDNΘÐ Θ LVN, voided long cross with triple-crescent ends and pellet at center, over quatrefoil. Blackburn & Lyon Lon. C style; SCBI 14 (Copenhagen), 2386 (same dies); Hild. 2218 and 2220; BMC -; North 781; SCBC 1157. Good VF, peck marks.
From the Marie Karlsson Collection.