ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Cnut. 1016-1035. AR Penny (19mm, 1.07 g, 12h). Quatrefoil type (BMC viii var. b, Hild. Ec). Lincolne (Lincoln) mint; Asleikr, moneyer. Struck circa 1017-1023. + CNVT REX ΛNGLORVI, crowned and draped bust left, trefoil-tipped scepter before; all within quatrefoil / ASLAC · MO LINCO, voided long cross with triple-crescent ends and pellet at center, over quatrefoil. SCBI 15 (Copenhagen), 1553 (same obv. die); Hild 1505; BMC –; North 784; SCBC 1157 var. (no scepter). Near EF. Excellent style. Very rare variety struck only at Lincoln, Hereford, and Gloucester.
Quatrefoil type pennies from Lincoln bearing a cross control mark either before or behind the bust are frequently misattributed as the rare scepter sub-variety. True coins of this group, such as the present piece, are very rare.
