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SCANDINAVIA. 11th century AD. AR Penny (18.5mm, 1.41 g). Imitating a Pointed Helmet type of Cnut. Struck after 1023. Bust left, wearing pointed helmet; trefoil-tipped scepter before / Voided short cross, limbs united at base by two concentric circles with pellet in center; in each angle, broken annulet enclosing pellet. Cf. Hede I 28 (for an imitation with similarly crude legends). Lightly toned, peck mark, slightly double struck on obverse. Near EF. Very rare.
While this type was evidently struck in Denmark under Cnut, the legends are notably more crude than both those illustrated by Hauberg and the dies recorded by Malmer. This coin is also significantly heavier than the average weight of around 1.00 grams for contemporary pennies in either England or Denmark.
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