CNG 90, Lot: 2395. Estimate $500. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Cnut. 1016-1035. AR Penny (16mm, 1.12 g, 3h). Short Cross type (BMC xvi, Hild. H). Gipeswic (Ipswich) mint; Leofing, moneyer. Struck circa 1029-1035/6. + CNVT ·RECX Λ:, diademed bust left; scepter before / + LIFINC ON GIPESPI, voided short cross with pellet-in-annulet in center. SCBI 13 (Copenhagen), 1004-5 (same dies); Hild. 951; BMC 214; North 790; SCBC 1159. EF, toned.

From the Collection of an Underwriter. Ex Baldwin’s 52 (25 September 2007), lot 232.