Triton XX, Lot: 1509. Estimate $500. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Anglo-Viking (Danish Northumbria). Cnut. Circa 900-905. AR Penny (19.5mm, 1.27 g, 10h). Class IId/Cunneti type. York mint. C N V T R E X ·:· arranged around central long cross pattée / + CVN ·:· NET ·:· TI ·:·, short cross pattée with pellets in first and fourth quarters. SCBI 29 (Merseyside), 253/250 (for obv./rev.); cf. BMC 921; North 499; SCBC 990. Good VF, toned.

From the Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex E. Breslauer Collection (Dix, Noonan, Webb, 17 September 1997), lot 118. Reportedly ex Duke of Argyll Collection.