Triton XIX, Lot: 897. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Anglo-Viking (Danish Northumbria). Cnut. Circa 900-905. AR Penny (19mm, 1.34 g, 8h). York mint. Large cross pattée; C И V T at end of limbs, R: E·: + ·: in quarters / + EB ·:· IΛI ·:· CEC ·:· IVI, small cross pattée, with pellets in angles. L&S Class Ir; SCBI 29 (Merseyside), 212 (same rev. die); BMC 877; North 495; SCBC 989 (this coin illustrated). EF, lightly toned and attractive. Scarce.

From the Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex St. James 5 (27 September 2006), lot 7; R.C. Lockett Collection (Part I, Glendining, 6 June 1955), lot 423 (part of).

The Standard Catalogue of British Coins (50th edition) plate coin.