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Auction: 14007 - Ancient, British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 489

Cnut (1016-35), Penny, 1.01g, quatrefoil type, London, Leofstan, +cnvt rex anglo:, crowned bust left within quatrefoil, rev. +liofst:an lvnd, long cross voided on quatrefoil with pellets at cusps (N.781; S.1157), flan crack at 2 o' clock, extensive lustre to reverse, n early extremely fine

A curious pair of parallel lines can be seen running from the king's ear to the bottom of the bust on the obverse. This may have acted as a guide mark for the die sinker

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