CNG 90, Lot: 2394. Estimate $500. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Cnut. 1016-1035. AR Penny (18mm, 1.01 g, 7h). Pointed Helmet type (BMC xiv, Hild. G). Northwic (Norwich) mint; Hwaetman, moneyer. Struck circa 1024-1030. + CNVT REX Λ, bust left, wearing pointed helmet; scepter before / + HPΛTMΛN O NORÐ, 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), 3178 var. (same obv. die, ANGL on obv.); Hild. 2934; BMC –; North 787; SCBC 1158. Good VF, toned.

From the Collection of an Underwriter. Ex Elsen FPL 236 (April-June 2006), no. 839; Spink 172 (31 March 2005), lot 210; Seaby Coin and Medal Bulletin 737 (January 1980), no. E14.