CNG 99, Lot: 1210. Estimate $2500. Sold for $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ANGLO-SAXON, Anglo-Viking (Danish Northumbria). Cnut & Siefred (Sigeferth). Circa 900. AR Penny (20mm, 1.26 g, 4h). Class Id. Eoferwic (York) mint. Inverted patriarchal cross; C H V T at end of limbs, ·:· R E X + in quarters / + SIEFREDVS, small cross pattée; pellets in first and fourth quarters. L&S Class IIId; SCBI 1 (Fitzwilliam), 508 = MEC 1, 1441 (same dies); BMC 1008-22 var. (obv. legend); North 502; SCBC 996. EF, toned, slightly weak strike at center. Rare.
Ex A.W. Morrison Collection; Seaby Coin & Medal Bulletin 632 (April 1971), no. H801.