Cnut 'the Great' (1016-1035/36), 'Pointed Helmet' Type, Penny, c. 1023-1029

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Cnut 'the Great' (1016-1035/36), 'Pointed Helmet' Type, Penny, c. 1023-1029, Lincoln, Matathan "Balluc", + CNVT REX ANG : crowned and draped bust left, wearing pointed helmet, trefoil-tipped sceptre before, rev. + MATAÐAN ON LIN : voided short cross, limbs united at base by two circles, pellet in centre, broken annulet enclosing a pellet in each angle, 1.15g, 3h (Hildebrand 1653 [Type G]; Mossop Aa, cf. Pl. XLVI, no. 5 same dies; SCBI 14 [Copenhagen], 1742 same dies; North 787; BMC XIV; Spink 1158), heavily peck-marked and soft of strike, otherwise with a pleasing dark-orange cabinet tone, about fine / near very fine

Provenance
Ex-Haddenham Collection, Spinks, 2023
T Mathews, by private treaty, 1983 - £98