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Auction: 13015 - Ancient, British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 692

Cnut, 'posthumous' types, Penny, 0.72g, jewel cross type, Leofric, London, armoured, diademed bust left, [..]vt-recx a[.], rev. +leofric on [..]ne, four lobes cruciform linked at base with pellet within an annulet (N.797; S.1160), large chip, cracked, stained, otherwise very fine, very rare

provenance
Bt. Seaby, c.1960, 45s-0d

This very rare type is thought to have been struck under the auspices of Cnut's widow, Emma of Normandy. Another view considers it an issue of Harthacnut, bearing an abbreviated name in the same manner as the Cnut arm and sceptre pennies.

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Sold for
£500