389, Lot: 1181. Estimate $300. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Cnut. 1016-1035. AR Penny (19mm, 1.05 g, 12h). Pointed Helmet type var. (BMC xiv; Hild. G). Theodford (Thetford) mint; Tidræd, moneyer. Struck 1024-1030. Draped bust left, wearing pointed helmet; trefoil-tipped scepter before / + TIDREDD ON ÐEODFO, voided short cross, with pellet at center; in each quarter, broken annulet enclosing a pellet. Carson 86; SCBI 14 (Copenhagen), 3857 (same dies); North 783; SCBC 1158. EMC 2005.0054 (this coin). Near EF.
Found in Cambridgeshire, England, by 2005.