CNG 85, Lot: 1504. Estimate $500. Sold for $550. 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, 0.90 g, 9h). Quatrefoil type (BMC viii, Hild. E). Stamford mint; Godleof, moneyer. Struck circa 1017-1023. + CNVT REX ΛNGLORV, crowned bust left in quatrefoil / + GODELEOF MO ST•, voided long cross with triple-crescent ends and pellet at center, over quatrefoil. Blackburn & Lyon Lin. l style; SCBI 15 (Copenhagen), 3537 (same dies); Hild. 3258; BMC -; North 781; SCBC 1157. Near EF, lightly toned.
From the Marie Karlsson Collection.