CNG 109, Lot: 881. Estimate $500. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Cnut. 1016-1035. AR Penny (17mm, 1.08 g, 3h). Short Cross type (BMC xvi, Hild. H). Exeter mint; Ælfwine, moneyer. Struck circa 1029-1035/6. + CNVT •RECX:, diademed bust left; lis-tipped scepter before / + ÆLFPINE ON ECX:, voided short cross with pellet-in-annulet in center. Brettell, Exeter 140 (same dies); SCBI 13 (Copenhagen), 423–4 (same obv. die); Hild 364; North 790; SCBC 1159. Near EF, attractively toned.