BRITISH COINS, Anglo-Saxon, Canute, Silver Penny, Quatrefoil type (c.1017-1023), Bath mint, moneyer Aelfwine, crowned and draped bust left within quatrefoil, legend commences at top, +CNVT REX ANGLORVM, rev long voided cross with pellet centre and tri-crescent terminals, over quatrefoil with pellet on each cusp, + ÆLFPINE ON BAĐA, 0.95g (BMC type VIII; N 781; S 1157). Good very fine, toned.
ex William Luard Raynes collection, Glendining, 15 February 1950, lot 404 (part), with old Seaby ticket c.1950
This coin struck from dies of the "Bath B" style as defined by Blackburn and Lyon in their article "Regional Die-Production in Cnut's Quatrefoil Issue", chapter 13 of Anglo-Saxon Monetary History. These dies therefore cut at Bath and supplied for use in that City.
Estimate: £400-500