CNG 102, Lot: 1285. Estimate $750. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

DENMARK. Hardeknud (Knud III, the Hardy). 1035-1042. AR Penny (18mm, 0.75 g, 9h). West Danish standard. Ribe mint. Schematic bust left, wearing pyramidal helmet and holding trefoil sceptre; small cross pattée before / Tribrach with dotted borders, central small cross pattée. Cf. Hauberg 49 (different pseudo-legend); cf. Hede I, 36 (same); Becker Collection 50; Triton XVIII, lot 1495 (same dies). Good VF, toned, flan crack.

Ex Triton VIII (11 January 2005), lot 1520.