Anglo-Saxon Coins - Cnut - London / Leofwine - Pointed Helmet Type AR Cut Halfpenny

Obv: profile bust right with +AELBRED REX legend. Rev: lunettes broken at edges with HEBECA for moneyer Hebeca between MON and ETA. 1.08 grams, 20.09 mm.

Very fine, edge chip. Very rare.

Found near Linton, Cambridgeshire, UK, on 13 January 2024.

Adrian W. Lyons and William A. Mackay The Lunettes Coinage of Alfred The Great, One of the authors of the above article, William MacKay, has commented as follows: 'This accords with BNJ Lyon and MacKay 2008, Alfred lunettes Mercian style obverse, var. V – see page 49. The bust aligns with the group V obverses of Burgred, in this case specifically type V5 – MacKay 2015, p. 127 and plate nos 152-182. The moneyer named on the coin is Hebeca. He appears as one the two moneyers striking lunettes pennies for Archbishop Ceolnoth so was likely Canterbury based. The Mercian style obverse die would likely have been cut at one of the Mercian mint workshops at London. The reverse type D – crooks - as here is scarce for Alfred.'

Obv: profile bust right with double ring of pellets (in place of blundered legend). Rev: flying bird with cross in front, over cross with annulet each side and pellet in lower angles, with blundered legend. 1.09 grams, 11.94 mm.

Very fine, obverse clearly off struck showing the details of the legend beautifully.

Found Cambridgeshire, UK.

Obv: top-barred A with +SCEA DN legend. Rev: small cross with +ANRIC.AI legend. 1.32 grams, 18 mm.

Very fine, hairline cracks.

From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman.