Sale: Triton VI, Lot: 1366. Estimate $2000. Closing Date: Monday, 13 January 2003. Sold For $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
|
ANGLO-SAXON. Cnut. 1016-1035. AR Penny (1.00 gm). Winchcombe mint; Dropa, moneyer. Quatrefoil type, circa 1017-1023. +CNVT REX ANGLORV-, crowned bust right in quadrilobe; cross before / +DROPA ON PINCEL, voided long cross on circular quatrefoil with pellet at each apex. Hildebrand 3654; North 782; SCBC 1157 var. (bust). Toned, good VF. Very rare type from an extremely rare mint. ($2000)
From the William J. Conte Collection. Ex Vogel Collection, Hess (8 October 1928), lot 4800.