CNG 90, Lot: 2391. Estimate $500. Sold for $625. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Cnut. 1016-1035. AR Penny (18mm, 0.73 g, 4h). Quatrefoil type (BMC viii, Hild. E). Northwic (Norwich) mint; Ælfweald, moneyer. Struck circa 1017-1023. + CNVT REX ΛNGLO, crowned bust left in quatrefoil / + ΛLFPO:LD O NOR, voided long cross with triple-crescent ends and pellet at center, over quatrefoil; pellet in 2nd quarter. Blackburn & Lyon Lon. C late style; SCBI –; Hild. –; BMC –; North 781; SCBC 1157. EF. An apparently unknown moneyer for Cnut at Norwich (Ælfweald is known for Harold I, however).

From the Collection of an Underwriter (purchased from Saltford Coins, March 2007).