Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 1243. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Monday, 12 January 2004.  Sold For $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON. Vikings in Northumbria. Circa 895-902. AR Halfpenny (0.47 gm). York (?) mint. +CNVT (in chrismatic form) REX around inverted patriarchal cross; pellets around / +CVN NET TI, with small crosses composed of pellets, around small cross with pellets. SCBI 30, 252 (this coin); BMC 992; North 519; SCBC 994. Good VF, choice old collection toning. ($1500)

Ex John W. Garrett Collection (Numismatic Fine Arts & Leu, 16-18 October 1984), lot 738; purchased J. Schulman, 19 May 192 (includes collection ticket).

The names on this coin 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.