389, Lot: 1180. Estimate $200. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Cnut. 1016-1035. AR Penny (18mm, 1.02 g, 3h). Pointed Helmet type var. (BMC xiv; Hild. G). Lundene (London) mint; Ælfric, moneyer. Struck 1024-1030. Draped bust left, wearing pointed helmet; trefoil-tipped scepter before / + ÆL•FRIC ON • LVNDDE, voided short cross, with pellet at center; in each quarter, broken annulet enclosing a pellet. SCBI 14 (Copenhagen), 2004 var. (rev. legend, same obv. die); North 783; SCBC 1158. VF, toned, area of flat strike.

From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection.