Sale: CNG 60, Lot: 2252. Estimate $2500. Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 May 2002. Sold For $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Harthacnut. 1035-1042. AR Penny (1.11 gm). Arm and sceptre type. Restoration, struck June 1040-June 1042. Thetford mint. Brunstan, moneyer. + HAR••-ECNVT (NV ligate) RE, diademed bust left, holding sceptre in left hand / + BRVNSTAN ON DEOTF, quatrilateral with pellet at each angle and at center over voided short cross. North 811; Seaby 1168. Toned, good VF, slightly wavy. Extremely rare with the name Harthacnut. ($2500)
Dr. William J. Conte Collection of Late Anglo Saxon, Part 2; ex Baldwin's Auction 14 (14 October 1997), lot 284.