CNG 111, Lot: 1071. Estimate $400. Sold for $350. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Cnut. 1016-1035. AR Penny (18mm, 1.12 g, 9h). Pointed Helmet type (BMC xiv, Hild. G). Canterbury mint; Leofnoth, moneyer. Struck circa 1023-1029. Draped bust left, wearing pointed helmet; quatrefoil-tipped scepter before / + L·EOFNOÐ ON CENT, 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), 151 (same dies); North 787; SCBC 1158. Near EF. Attractive portrait.

From the Ealing Collection. Ex CNG inventory 905088 (September 2011).