CNG 85, Lot: 1499. Estimate $300. Sold for $225. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Cnut. 1016-1035. AR Penny (18mm, 0.98 g, 3h). Quatrefoil type (BMC viii, Hild. E). London mint; Godman, moneyer. Struck circa 1017-1023. + CNVT REX ΛNGLO, crowned bust left in quatrefoil / + GODMΛN O LVND, voided long cross with triple-crescent ends and pellet at center, over quatrefoil. Blackburn & Lyon Lon. C style; SCBI 14 (Copenhagen), 2577; Hild. 2411; BMC 370 var. (legends); North 781; SCBC 1157. VF, toned, weakly struck.

From the Marie Karlsson Collection.