CNG 112, Lot: 814. Estimate $2500. Sold for $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Harthacnut. 1035-1042. AR Penny (19mm, 1.15 g, 6h). Arm and Scepter type, in the name of Cnut (BMC xvii, Hild. I). Exeter mint; Leofwine, moneyer. Struck 1040-1042. + CNVT RECX Λ (triple pellets), diademed bust left, holding trefoil-tipped scepte / + LEOFPINE ON ECXC, quadrilateral, with pellet in center and angles, over voided short cross. EMC 2019.0037 (
this coin); SCBI 40 (Stockholm), 1797 = Hild. 402 (same dies); North 799; SCBC 1169. Near EF. Very rare.
Found March, Cambridgeshire, January 2019.