CNG 85, Lot: 1508. Estimate $300. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Cnut. 1016-1035. AR Penny (18mm, 1.12 g, 6h). Pointed Helmet type (BMC xiv, Hild. G). Dover mint; Eadwine, moneyer. Struck circa 1024-1030. + C•NVT REX •Λ•NGL•, bust left, wearing pointed helmet; scepter before / + EDPINE ON •DOFORΛ, voided short cross, limbs united at base by two concentric circles with pellet in center; in each angle, broken annulet enclosing pellet. SCBI -; Hild. -; BMC -; North 787; SCBC 1158. Good VF, bright surfaces, small striking flaw at 10 o’clock on obverse edge. Extremely rare moneyer for type at Dover, none listed in the standard references.

From the Marie Karlsson Collection.