CNG 112, Lot: 746. Estimate $1000. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

DENMARK. Knud II den Store (the Great). 1019-1035. AR Penny (19mm, 1.51 g, 2h). Quatrefoil / Last Small Cross mule. Sigtuna mint(?). Struck circa 1010-1020. + CNVT REX DÆNORVM Λ, crowned bust left in quatrefoil / Small cross pattée, garbled legend around. Malmer chain 137, dies 738/1780; Hauberg 2 (Lund); Hede II 2 (same obv. die). Slightly double struck on obverse. Near VF. Very rare.

Malmer (p. 48) attributes this issue to the Sigtuna mint, as lead die impressions from this chain were found there, though notes that die transfers between England, Lund, and Sigtuna are common in this series.