CNG 102, Lot: 1287. Estimate $300. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

DENMARK. Hardeknud (Knud III, the Hardy). 1035-1042. AR Penny (18mm, 0.92 g, 6h). East Danish standard. Lund mint; Sumarlith, moneyer. Posthumous issue, struck 1042-circa 1044. Helmeted and armored bust left, with shield over arm / + SV ME RLE DΘN, voided long cross with triple-crescent ends and pellet at center. Becker, Coinages, dies H2/184; cf. Hauberg 23/28 (for obv./rev. type); Becker Collection –; SCBC 1170. Near VF, find patina, edge perforation.

Becker’s die study of the Lund mint during the reigns of Harthacnut and Magnus the Good revealed that certain dies in the name of “Harthacnut” can be linked to obverses of Magnus. The present coin is struck from the same reverse die as lot 1289, below, a penny of Magnus.