336, Lot: 467. Estimate $400. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Cnut. 1016-1035. AR Penny (18mm, 1.03 g, 6h). Pointed Helmet type (BMC xiv, Hild. G). London mint; Leofstan, moneyer. Struck circa 1024-1030. Bust left, wearing pointed helmet; scepter before / Voided short cross, limbs united at base by two concentric circles with pellet in center; in each angle, broken annulet enclosing pellet. SCBI 21 (Yorkshire), 1054 (same rev. die); Hild. –; BMC 411 var. (legends); North 787; SCBC 1158. Near EF, deeply toned, short flan crack.