Sale: CNG 63, Lot: 1933. Estimate $400.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 May 2003.  Sold For $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

VIKING ENGLAND. Vikings in Northumbria. Circa 895-902. AR Penny (1.39 gm). York mint? +CNVT (in chrismatic form) REX (N retrograde) around inverted patriarchal cross; pellets around / +CVN\ NET •:•-TI\ (N's retrograde), small cross with pellets. Cf. BMC 933; North 501; SCBC 993. Good VF, choice old collection toning. ($400)

Ex Stack's (9 April 1989), lot 741. 

The names on this coin and the previous halfpenny have been interpreted as Knutr and Hunedeus, two Viking war leaders operating in northern England in the late 9th century. The name Cnut is arranged around the arms of the cross in the manner early Christians would cross themselves during prayer.