Hammer

£600

Anglo-Saxon silver penny of Cnut, Quatrefoil Type c.1017-23, S.1157. Obverse: +CNVTREXANEORVM, no 'L' and 'G' as 'E'. / Reverse: +EÐLBRIHTOGIP, 'D' with thorn, no 'N'. Wt. 0.95g. Ipswich Mint, moneyer Aethelberht. Sadler Vol. II Fig. 6, 397-404A, Obv 7 / Rev 6. These dies 8 certain coins listed. Present piece now known to be Fig. 401. Ex. J.C. Sadler Collection. Ex Baldwin. Almost certainly ex 'Cambridge Hoard', with two old tickets, EF.