Two Issues of the Illchester Mint

263, Lot: 499. Estimate $150. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Cnut. 1016-1035. AR Cut Halfpenny (18mm, 0.34 g). Quatrefoil type (BMC viii). Illchester mint; Aethelwi[...], moneyer. Struck circa 1017-1023. Crowned bust left in quatrefoil / Voided long cross with triple-crescent ends and pellet at center, over quatrefoil. SCBC 1157. VF. Rare mint.

Ex Continental find.