CNG 94, Lot: 1927. Estimate $500. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Cnut. 1016-1035. AR Penny (19mm, 0.94 g, 9h). Pointed Helmet type (BMC xiv, Hild. G). Eofrwic (York) mint; Iri, moneyer. Struck circa 1024-1030. + CNVT REX ΛI, bust left, wearing pointed helmet; scepter before / + IRE M(bar-over-pellet)O EOFRPIC, voided short cross, limbs united at base by two concentric circles with pellet in center; in each angle, broken annulet enclosing pellet. SCBI 36 (Berlin), 746 (same dies); Hild. 681; BMC –; North 787; SCBC 1158. EF, toned. Well struck.

From the James Fox Collection.