435, Lot: 588. Estimate $150. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Cnut. 1016-1035. AR Penny (19mm, 1.27 g, 10h). Quatrefoil type (BMC viii, Hild. E). Sudbury mint; Branting, moneyer. Struck circa 1016-1023. Crowned bust left in quatrefoil / + BRÆTINC SVÐ, voided long cross with triple-crescent ends and pellet at center, over quatrefoil. EMC 2008.0115 (
this coin); SCBI 15 (Copenhagen), 3713 (same dies); North 781; SCBC 1157. Near VF, wavy flan, twice pierced, some roughess.
From the Londinium Collection. Found near Maidenhead, Berkshire, by 2008.