384, Lot: 829. Estimate $200. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Cnut. 1016-1035. AR Penny (17.5mm, 0.96 g, 12h). Pointed Helmet type (BMC xiv, Hild. G). Caentwarabyrig (Canterbury) mint; Leofnoth, moneyer. Struck circa 1024-1030. Bust left, wearing pointed helmet; scepter before / + LEOFNOÐ M • ON CENT:, voided short cross, limbs united at base by two concentric circles with pellet in center; in each angle, broken annulet enclosing pellet. SCBI 13 (Copenhagen), 150 (same dies); Hild. 147; BMC –; North 787; SCBC 1158. Good VF, deeply toned.