Details
LOT 3746
Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Cnut AR Penny. Struck circa 1029-1035/6. London mint; Elfwig, moneyer. Short Cross type (BMC xvi, Hild. H).
✠ [...] REX, diademed and draped bust to left, lis-tipped sceptre before / ✠ ELFP[...]NDE :, voided short cross with pellet-in-annulet in centre. North 790; SCBC 1159. Very Fine.(0.50gr, 18mm, 3h.).
Provenance
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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