Watch List notes:

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Cnut. 1016-1035. AR Penny (19mm, 1.09 g, 7h). Quatrefoil type (BMC viiid, Hild. Ed). Malmesbury mint; Beorhtstan, moneyer. Struck circa 1016-1023. Diademed bust left within quatrefoil / + BRIC STA [N O]N MEA, voided long cross with triple-crescent ends and pellet at center; all over quatrefoil. SCBI –; North 785; SCBC 1157 var. (diademed bust). Toned, chipped and cracked. Good VF. Extremely rare – none in SCBI, only this example in CoinArchives.

Ex Lord Stewartby (Part I, Spink 234, 22 March 2016), lot 255, purchased from Baldwin's, January 2001.