Cnut 'the Great' (1016-1035/36), 'Quatrefoil' Type, Penny, c. 1017-1023

FFR01058

Cnut 'the Great' (1016-1035/36), 'Quatrefoil' Type, Penny, c. 1017-1023, Colchester, Wulfwine, + CNVT REX ANGLO, commencing at 8 o'clock, crowned and draped 'Thetford A' bust left, rev. + PVLFPINE O COL, NE ligate, voided long cross in pellet-tipped quatrefoil, 0.90g [13.89grns], 4h (Hildebrand 234 [Type E]; SCBI 13 [Copenhagen], 269; Arnot 187 same dies; North 781; BMC VIII; Spink 1157), usual die flaw before the bust, and some softness in the legends, otherwise pleasing, very fine, rare

Provenance
Ex-Haddenham Collection, Spinks, 2023
T Mathews, by private treaty, 1999