Sale: Triton VI, Lot: 1396. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 13 January 2003.  Sold For $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON. Cnut. 1016-1035. AR Penny (0.94 gm). London mint; Brihtred, moneyer. Short cross type, circa 1030-1036. •CNVTR RECX, diademed bust left; pennon (banner) before / +BRIHTRED ON LVN, voided short cross, in center, circle enclosing pellet. North 791; SCBC 1159A. Toned, good VF. Excessively rare. The finest of perhaps three known. ($2000)

From the William J. Conte Collection.