CNG 90, Lot: 2393. Estimate $200. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Cnut. 1016-1035. AR Penny (18mm, 1.03 g, 9h). Pointed Helmet type (BMC xiv, Hild. G). Lundene (London) mint; Godwine, moneyer. Struck circa 1024-1030. + CNVT RECX (ΛG), bust left, wearing pointed helmet; scepter before / + GODPINE ON LVND:, 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), 2650 (same dies); Hild. 2490 var. (obv. legend); BMC 410 var. (same); North 787; SCBC 1158. VF, toned, slight wave in flan, a couple peck marks.

From the Marshall Faintich Collection (purchased from Joe Gallo, 13 August 1991).