Very Rare Guildford Penny

CNG 106, Lot: 1097. Estimate $2500. Sold for $2010. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Cnut. 1016-1035. AR Penny (17.5mm, 1.16 g, 8h). Short Cross type (BMC xvi, Hild. H). Guldeforda (Guildford) mint; Blacman, moneyer. Struck circa 1029-1035/6. + CNV • T RECX •, diademed bust left; lis-tipped scepter before / + BLΛCΛMΛN ON GV, voided short cross with pellet-in-annulet in center. SCBI 13 (Copenhagen), 1126-7; BMC –; North 790; SCBC 1159. Good VF, toned. Very rare mint.