CNG 85, Lot: 1510. Estimate $300. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Cnut. 1016-1035. AR Penny (19mm, 0.99 g, 9h). Pointed Helmet type (BMC xiv, Hild. G). Lincoln mint; Æthelmær, moneyer. Struck circa 1024-1030. + CNVT REX Λ, bust left, wearing pointed helmet; scepter before, cross pattée behind / + ÆÐEMÆR ON LIN, voided short cross, limbs united at base by two concentric circles with pellet in center; in each angle, broken annulet enclosing pellet. Mossop - (unlisted dies); SCBI -; Hild. -; BMC -; North 787; SCBC 1158. Good VF, toned. Scarce variety with cross on obverse.

From the Marie Karlsson Collection. Ex Myntgalleriet AB (20 May 1995), lot 511.