Cnut Silver Penny 1017-1023 Rare variety with ties from crown
Cnut Silver Penny 1017-1023 Rare variety with ties from crown
Cnut Silver Penny 1017-1023 Rare variety with ties from crown
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Cnut 1017-1023 Silver Penny – EF or near so – Rare variety with ties from crown

£650.00

A rare variety of the Quatrefoil type with ties from crown, the portrait especially pleasing.

Sold - Mar 22

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Cnut (1016-1035), silver Penny, 1017-1023, London mint, moneyer Brihtnoth, Quatrefoil type, variant with ties from crown. Obv. Crowned bust facing left within quatrefoil. Rev. Voided long cross on quatrefoil with pellets at cusps. 1.04g, die axis 3h (S.1157 variant; North 781 variant). Minor die break at 12 o’clock otherwise a bold strike on good quality metal, the portrait especially pleasing. Extremely fine or near so and a rare variety with ties from crown.

Provenance
Ex. Spink Auction 227, 17/12/14, Lot 486

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Condition

Mint

Moneyer

Type

Quatrefoil type, variant with ties from crown

Weight

References

S.1157 variant; North 781 variant

Rarity

Rare variety with ties from crown