Cnut 'the Great' (1016-1035/36), 'Short Cross' Type, Penny, c. 1029-1035/36

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Cnut 'the Great' (1016-1035/36), 'Short Cross' Type, Penny, c. 1029-1035/36, Oxford, Godwine, + CNVT RECX A• diademed and draped bust left, lys-tipped sceptre before, rev. + GODPINE ON OEX: voided short cross, angles plain, 1.03g [15.90grns], 7h (Hildebrand 3034 [Type H]; SCBI 15 [Copenhagen], 3275; SCBI 20 [Mack], 1104 This Coin; North 790; BMC XVI; Spink 1159), softness to strike, but nicely toned, approaching very fine, scarce

Provenance
Ex-Haddenham Collection, Spinks, 2023
T Mathews, by private treaty, 1985 - £145
SNC, September 1985, no. 5754* - £200
Commander R P Mack, Sylloge, Duke of Argyll, collection purchased en bloc by Spink, 1949