Triton XV, Lot: 1852. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Cnut. 1016-1035. AR Penny (19mm, 0.97 g, 6h). Pointed Helmet type (BMC xiv; Hild. H). Lincolne (Lincoln) mint; Beorhtric, moneyer. Struck 1024-1030. + CNVT REX Λ, bust left, wearing pointed helmet; scepter before; small cross pattée behind / + B·RI·HTRIC · ON LINC, voided short cross, with pellet at center; in each quarter, broken annulet enclosing a pellet. Cf. Mossop pl. XLII, 27 (for type); SCBI -; BMC -; North 787 var. (no cross on obverse); SCBC 1158. EF, lightly toned. Rare variety with a cross on the obverse.