CNG 85, Lot: 1502. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Cnut. 1016-1035. AR Penny (19mm, 1.03 g, 3h). Quatrefoil type (BMC viii, Hild. E). Nottingham mint; Blacman, moneyer. Struck circa 1017-1023. + CNVT REX ΛNGLORVI, crowned bust left in quatrefoil / + BL(tiny Λ)ΛCEMΛN MO SNO, voided long cross with triple-crescent ends and pellet at center, over quatrefoil; pellet in 1st quarter. Blackburn & Lyon Lin. e style; cf. SCBI 15 (Copenhagen), 3475-6; Hild. -; BMC 515 var. (obv. legend); North 781; SCBC 1157; CNG 60 (Conte), 2205 (same dies). Good VF, minor surface cracks. Very rare.

From the Marie Karlsson Collection.