CNG 85, Lot: 1512. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Cnut. 1016-1035. AR Penny (18mm, 0.81 g, 9h). Pointed Helmet type (BMC xiv, Hild. G). London mint; Leofsige, moneyer. Struck circa 1024-1030. + CNVT REX • ΛNI, bust left, wearing pointed helmet; scepter before / + LIΘFSIGI ΘN LVNDE:, voided short cross, limbs united at base by two concentric circles with pellet in center; in each angle, broken annulet enclosing pellet. SCBI 14 (Copenhagen), 2874-5 var. (obv. legend); Hild. 2649 var. (same); BMC 419 var. (same); North 787; SCBC 1158. EF, iridescent toning. Rare legend variety.

From the Marie Karlsson Collection. Ex Myntgalleriet AB (20 May 1995), lot 636.