431, Lot: 545. Estimate $300. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Cnut. 1016-1035. AR Penny (19mm, 1.06 g, 2h). Pointed Helmet type (BMC xiv, Hild. G). York mint; Arncetel, moneyer. Struck circa 1024-1030. Bust left, wearing pointed helmet; trefoil-tipped scepter before / + ΛRNCETEL M–O EOFI, voided short cross, limbs united at base by two concentric circles with pellet in center; in each angle, broken annulet enclosing pellet. SCBI 13 (Copenhagen), 524-5 (same dies); Hild 456; North 787; SCBC 1158. Near EF, toned. Characterful portrait.