Watch List notes:

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Cnut. 1016-1035. AR Penny (19mm, 1.11 g, 6h). Quatrefoil type (BMC viii, Hild. E). London mint; Beorhtnoth, moneyer. Struck circa 1016-1023. + CNVT REX ANGLORV, crowned and draped bust left within quatrefoil / + BR IHTN ΘD L VND, voided long cross with triple-crescent ends and pellet at center; all over quatrefoil. Grierson, Coins of Medieval Europe, p. 72; SCBI 30 (American), 499 (this coin); SCBI 14 (Copenhagen), 2200 (same dies); Hild 2046 var. (rev. legend); BMC –; North 781; SCBC 1157. Richly toned. EF.


From the Richard A. Jourdan Collection of Medieval European Coins. Ex F. Elmore-Jones Collection (Glendining's, 12 May 1971), lot 498; H. S. Bareford Collection (Stack's, 23 October 1981), lot 458.