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Auction 123 23-24 May 2023
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ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Harthacnut. 1035-1042. AR Penny (16mm, 0.97 g, 6h). Jewel Cross type (BMC ia, Hild. Aa). Chester mint; Eadsige, moenyer. Struck circa 1036-1037. Diademed bust right / + EDSIGE ON LEIC, cross composed of four ovals united at base by two concentric circles. SCBI –; North 809; SCBC 1167. Lightly toned, slight double strike on obverse. EF. Apparently unrecorded for this mint. An intriguing coin.
Coins of Harthacnut of the Jewel Cross type are very seldom encountered from mints north of the river Thames. This was the territory assigned to his half brother Harold I following the division of the kingdom after the death of their father Cnut. While the Jewel Cross type is well attested for Harold I at Chester, no pennies of Harthacnut are recorded. Eadsige is known at Dover for this reign and type.
Coins of Harthacnut of the Jewel Cross type are very seldom encountered from mints north of the river Thames. This was the territory assigned to his half brother Harold I following the division of the kingdom after the death of their father Cnut. While the Jewel Cross type is well attested for Harold I at Chester, no pennies of Harthacnut are recorded. Eadsige is known at Dover for this reign and type.