CNG 87, Lot: 2080. Estimate $750. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Cnut. 1016-1035. AR Penny (17mm, 1.15 g, 3h). Short Cross type (BMC xvi, Hild. H). Leicester mint; Æthelwig, moneyer. Struck circa 1029-1035/6. + CNVT •RECX ΛN, diademed bust left; scepter before / + ÆGEL•PIG ON LEHR, voided short cross with pellet-in-annulet in center. SCBI 13 (Copenhagen), 1475 (same obv. die); Hild. -; BMC -; North 790; SCBC 1159. Near EF, lightly toned. Rare mint.