ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Cnut. 1016-1035. AR Penny (19mm, 1.13 g, 4h). Quatrefoil type (BMC viii, Hild. E). Salisbury mint; Wynstan, moneyer. Struck circa 1016-1023. Crowned and draped bust left within quatrefoil / + PIN STΛN ΘN S ERBI, voided long cross with triple-crescent ends and pellet at center; all over quatrefoil. Cf. SCBI 15 (Copenhagen), 3459-60; North 781; SCBC 1157. Lustrous, areas of weak strike, delamination. Near EF.
From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection, purchased from M. Vosper, September 2000.
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