382, Lot: 610. Estimate $300. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Cnut. 1016-1035. AR Penny (17.5mm, 1.10 g, 1h). Short Cross type (BMC xvi, Hild. H). Lincolne (Lincoln) mint; Leofing, moneyer. Struck circa 1029-1035/6. Diademed bust left; trefoil-tipped scepter before / + L•IFINC ON LINCOL•N, voided short cross with pellet-in-annulet in center. Mossop pl. LII, 13 (dies A/c); SCBI 14 (Copenhagen), 1731 (same obv. die); North 790; SCBC 1159. EF, toned.
From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind. Ex Baldwin’s 57 (23 September 2008), lot 299. With old collector’s ticket indicating it was purchased from R. Gans, 1947, for $20.