373, Lot: 607. Estimate $150. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Cnut. 1016-1035. AR Penny (18mm, 0.94 g, 9h). Quatrefoil type (BMC viii, Hild. E). Lincolne (Lincoln) mint; Matathan, moneyer. Struck circa 1017-1023. Crowned and draped bust left within quatrefoil / + MAΛ TAÐ ΛN M O LIN, voided long cross with triple-crescent ends and pellet at center; all over quatrefoil. Mossop pl. XXXVI, 27 (dies A/a); SCBI 14 (Copenhagen), 1752 (same dies); North 781; SCBC 1157. VF, find patina. Matethan is an Old Irish name and unusual on Anglo-Saxon coinage.