373, Lot: 608. Estimate $200. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Cnut. 1016-1035. AR Penny (18mm, 0.91 g, 8h). Pointed Helmet type var. (BMC xiv; Hild. G). Lundene (London) mint; Ælfweard, moneyer. Struck 1024-1030. Draped bust left, wearing pointed helmet; trefoil-tipped scepter before / + ÆLFPWER•D ON LVND ·:, voided short cross, with pellet at center; in each quarter, broken annulet enclosing a pellet; additional pellet in upper two quarters. Cf. SCBI 14 (Copenhagen), 2026-41; North 783; SCBC 1158. VF, toned, areas of weak strike, rusted dies.

From the R.D. Frederick Collection.