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Auction: 14007 - Ancient, British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 498

Cnut (1016-35), Penny, 1.16g, pointed helmet type, Ilchester, Aelfwine Mus, helmeted bust left, sceptre before, rev. +aelfpine mus on gife, voided short cross, arms extending from pellet within central annulet, broken annulet in each angle (SCBI 13 Copenhagen, No 950 - same dies; N.787; S.1158), pecks, the fabric generally good, very fine, this moneyer listed in Jonsson and Van der Meer for the Pointed Helmet type only, Ilchester a rare west country mint

Elmore-Jones had just six Ilchester mint coins with two from the reign of Cnut. The Pointed helmet type of Ilchester was omitted from his extensive collection

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