310, Lot: 505. Estimate $200. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Cnut. 1016-1035. AR Penny (19mm, 1.05 g, 6h). Pointed Helmet type (BMC xiv, Hild. G). Winceastre (Winchester) mint; Ælfsige, moneyer. Struck circa 1024-1030. CNVT RECX Λ·.·, bust left, wearing pointed helmet; scepter before / + ÆLFSIGE ON PINC:, voided short cross, limbs united at base by two concentric circles with pellet in center; in each angle, broken annulet enclosing pellet. Harvey 1167, dies De; SCBI 15 (Copenhagen), 4019-20 (same obv. die); BMC 571 corr. (rev. legend; same dies); Hild. 3670; North 787; SCBC 1158. VF, toned, slightly wavy, peck marks.

From the RVP Collection.