434, Lot: 567. Estimate $300. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ANGLO-SAXON, Anglo-Viking (Danish Northumbria). Cnut. Circa 900-905. AR Penny (20mm, 1.32 g, 3h). Class IIe/Cunneti type. York mint. C N V T R E + ·:· arranged around inverted patriarchal cross with pellets in angles / + CVN ·: NET ·:· | TI ·:·, short cross pattée with pellets in first and fourth quarters. SCBI 29 (Merseyside), 268 (same dies); North 501; SCBC 993. VF, toned, minor ghosting of cross on reverse.
From the Londinium Collection.