Ex Mack and the Duke of Argyll Collections

5724857.

SOLD $1450

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Cnut. 1016-1035. AR Penny (19mm, 1.02 g, 3h). Quatrefoil type (BMC viii, Hild. E). Southwark mint; Beorhtmær, moneyer. Struck circa 1016-1023. Crowned and draped bust left within quatrefoil / + BR IHT MÆR SVÐG, voided long cross with triple-crescent ends and pellet at center; all over quatrefoil. SCBI 20 (Mack), 1079 (this coin); North 781; SCBC 1157. Old cabinet toning. Good VF.

Ex Dr. Irving Schneider Collection; R.P. Mack Collection (Part II, Glendining, 23 March 1977), lot 184; Duke of Argyll Collection.