Rare Ilchester Mint

373, Lot: 606. Estimate $100. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Cnut. 1016-1035. Cut AR Halfpenny (18mm, 0.34 g, 7h). Quatrefoil type (BMC viii, Hild. E). Gifelceaster (Ilchester) mint; uncertain moneyer. Struck circa 1017-1023. Crowned and draped bust left within quatrefoil / [+ ...] ON GIF, voided long cross with triple-crescent ends and pellet at center; all over quatrefoil. North 781; SCBC 1157. VF. Rare mint.

From the R.D. Frederick Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 264 (31 August 2011), lot 499; Continental Find.