Triton XVIII, Lot: 1498. Estimate $750. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

DENMARK. Svend II Estridsen. 1047-1075. AR Penny (17.5mm, 1.03 g, 9h). Roskilde mint. + II IIIC IIII IIII, openwork cross fleurée with central pellet-in-annulet, triple pellets in three of the voids and trefoil terminals on three of the bars, upper bar consisting of small globe set on larger globe; all within large open linear convex cross with pellet terminals and joined at ends by double line / Ornate "tapestry" pattern: central design consisting of pellet-in-annulets joined by double lines; on either side, IIIIIOIII and IICIIDII within pelleted border; at outer ends, cross pattée within pelleted border; pellet and crescent in outer voids. Cf. Hauberg 36 (different pseudo-legend); cf. Hede III, 56 (same). EF, toned.

From the Joseph R Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, purchased from Wade Hinderling, 29 April 2010. Ex Rasmussen 774 (13 June 2007), lot 5035.