Sale: CNG 63, Lot: 1934. Estimate $2500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 May 2003.  Sold For $1680. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

VIKING ENGLAND. Vikings in Northumbria. Circa 895-902. AR Halfpenny (0.59 gm). York mint? +CNVT (in chrismatic form) REX (N retrograde) around inverted patriarchal cross; pellets around, bar in one quarter / +CVN\ NET •:•-TI\ (N's retrograde), Karolus monogram. Cf. BMC 997; North 520; SCBC 995. Toned EF. Very rare. ($2500)