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Auction: 24124 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 36: British and World Coins and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 1521

(x) Cnut 'the Great' (1016-1035), 'Pointed Helmet' Type, Penny, 1023-1029, Canterbury, Wulfstan, + CNVT RECX AI, draped bust left wearing pointed helmet with double central vertical line enclosing three pellets, the front of the helmet rests on the base of the nose, trefoil-tipped sceptre before, drapery with four horizontal folds and five pellets breaking inner circle, rev. + PVLSTAN ON CENTP: voided short cross, limbs united at base by two concentric circles with pellet in centre, in each angle, broken annulet enclosing pellet, within inner circle, 0.94g [14.51grns], 9h (Hildebrand 188 [Type G]; SCBI 13 [Copenhagen, Part IIIa], 203, 208, 210-212; SCBI 42 [South Eastern Museums], 1050; SCBI 51 [Estonian], 660; North 787; BMC XIV; S.1158), striking softness at 8-9 o'clock on obverse and corresponding 5-6 o'clock on reverse, brighter surfaces, about very fine or better for strike

Provenance

The Steve J Green Collection of Anglo-Saxon Coins [with his tickets and envelope]

Dr John Hulett, Part I, DNW 142, 13 September 2017, lot 360 - £220


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Sold for
£350

Starting price
£180