Triton XVIII, Lot: 1495. Estimate $1000. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

DENMARK. Hardeknud (Knud III, the Hardy). 1035-1042. AR Penny (18mm, 0.72 g). Ribe mint. + ICIIIΘ ΘCII I, schematic bust left, wearing pyramidal helmet and holding trefoil sceptre; small cross pattée before / + ·.· IIIΘ+I:LICIΘIIIIIΘIΓ, tribrach with dotted borders, central small cross pattée. Cf. Hauberg 49 (different pseudo-legend); cf. Hede I, 36 (same); Triton VIII, lot 1520 (same dies). EF, toned.

From the Joseph R Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, purchased from Wade Hinderling.