CNG 85, Lot: 1511. 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 (18mm, 1.10 g, 12h). Pointed Helmet type (BMC xiv, Hild. G). Lincoln mint; Leofing, moneyer. Struck circa 1024-1030. + CNVT R•EX Λ•N:, bust left, wearing pointed helmet; scepter before / + LIFINC: ON L•INCOL∵, voided short cross, limbs united at base by two concentric circles with pellet in center; in each angle, broken annulet enclosing pellet. Mossop dies H/n; SCBI 14 (Copenhagen), 1714 (same dies); Hild. 1631; BMC -; North 787; SCBC 1158. EF, toned.

From the Marie Karlsson Collection.