Previous Lot Next Lot

Auction: 14007 - Ancient, British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 485

Cnut (1016-35), Penny, 0.82g, quatrefoil type, Bristol, Wynsige, +cnvt rex anglorvm, crowned bust left of Winchester style within quatrefoil, rev. +pynsige on bric, long cross voided on quatrefoil with pellets at cusps (N.781; S.1157), some weakness and a little double-striking on periphery, pleasing deep tone and a particularly fine bust, generally good very fine, extremely rare with the Winchester obverse used at Bristol

provenance
CNG auction 58, 19 September 2001 (EF)

The use of a Winchester obverse die at the Bristol mint is extremely rare with no examples apparent in the SCBI/EMC databases (including Bristol and Gloucester Museums). Nearly all obverse dies for this type at Bristol are of the Severn Valley 'diademed' bust or Gloucester style.

Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.

Sold for
£800

Sale 14007 Notices
An obverse die duplicate is known in SCBI 15: Copenhagen IIIc, No. 4415 (Appendix II), moneyer Wynsige. The original listing for this pierced coin appears in SCBI 13: Copenhagen IIIa after No.98.