CNG 109, Lot: 875. Estimate $500. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Anglo-Viking (Danish Northumbria). Cnut. Circa 900-905. AR Penny (20mm, 1.33 g, 2h). Class IIe/Cunneti type. York mint. C N V T R E + ·:· arranged around inverted patriarchal cross with pellets in upper angles / + CVN + NET + TI ·:·, short cross pattée with pellets in first and fourth quarters. SCBI 29 (Merseyside), 304 (same dies); North 501; SCBC 993. Near EF, richly toned, surface flaw on obverse.