ANGLO-VIKING: Cnut, ca. 898-915, AR penny, York, S-991, N-497, inverted patriarchal cross, C-N-V-T interspersed with R-E...-X-.... // short cross pattée, with a pellet in first and third quadrant, + CVИ ....ИET .... TI, EF. Lyon and Stewart have suggested that the enigmatic legend CVNNETTI may be a Latinized rendering of Hunedeus, a historically attested Viking leader, who held power at York with the otherwise unknown Cnut. Likely a part of the Cuerdale Hoard, one of the largest Viking silver hoards ever discovered, found on the banks of the River Ribble near Preston, Lancashire on May 15th, 1840.
Estimate: 300-350 USD