389, Lot: 1179. Estimate $200. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Cnut. 1016-1035. AR Penny (20mm, 1.04 g, 2h). Quatrefoil type (BMC viii, Hild. E). Eofewic (York) mint; Authgrimr, moneyer. Struck circa 1016-1023. Crowned bust left in quatrefoil / + O: VÐG RIM O EO, voided long cross with triple-crescent ends and pellet at center, over quatrefoil. Blackburn & Lyon York main style; SCBI 15 (Copenhagen), 790–3 var. (rev. legend); North 781; SCBC 1157. Good VF, light golden toning.
From the David Wray Collection.