CNG 103, Lot: 1179. Estimate $400. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Cnut. 1016-1035. AR Penny (17.5mm, 1.14 g, 6h). Short Cross type (BMC xvi, Hild. H). Lundene (London) mint; Sveinn, moneyer. Struck circa 1029-1035/6. Diademed bust left; trefoil-tipped scepter before / + SPΛN OH LVHD, voided cross, with pellet-in-annulet at center. SCBI 14 (Copenhagen), 2917; Hild 2705; North 790; SCBC 1159. Near EF, deep cabinet tone.