CNG 106, Lot: 1102. Estimate $4000. Sold for $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Harthacnut. 1035-1042. AR Penny (18mm, 1.11 g, 12h). Arm and Sceptre type (BMC ii, Hild. B). Stanford (Stamford) mint; Vilgrip, moneyer. Struck 1040-1042. + HARÐ CNVTT, diademed bust left, holding scepter / + PILGRIP ON STANF, quadrilateral, with pellet in center and angles, over voided short cross. SCBI 18 (Copenhagen), 708 (same dies); North 811; SCBC 1168. EMC 2016.0349 (this coin). Good VF, toned, tiny mark on obverse. Very rare.

Found in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, 2016.