332, Lot: 468. Estimate $200. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Cnut. 1016-1035. AR Penny (16mm, 6h). Pointed Helmet type (BMC xiv, Hild. G). Thetford mint; Wineman, moneyer. Struck circa 1024-1030. Bust left, wearing pointed helmet; scepter to left / Voided short cross, limbs united at base by two concentric circles with pellet in center; in each angle, broken annulet enclosing pellet. SCBI 15 (Copenhagen), 3865-6; Hild. 3538; BMC –; North 787; SCBC 1158. In NGC encapsulation graded MS 61.