430, Lot: 512. Estimate $500. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Anglo-Viking (Danish Northumbria). Cnut. Circa 900-905. AR Penny (21mm, 1.15 g, 4h). Class IIe/Cunneti type. York mint. C ·:· N V T R E + arranged around inverted patriarchal cross with pellets in upper angles / + CVH ·:· HET ·:· TI ·:· I, short cross pattée with pellet in first quarter. Cf. SCBI 29 (Merseyside), 341 (for type); North 501; SCBC 993. Good VF, toned, slight ghosting on reverse.