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Auction: 15005 - Ancient, British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 343

Cnut (1016-1035), Penny, 1.10g, Quatrefoil type, Chester, Leofwig or Leofwine, +cnvt rex anglor, crudely cut crowned bust left within quatrefoil, rev. +leopi on legcs, long cross voided on quatrefoil with pellets on cusps, (SCBI 5 Chester, Pt.I, No 221 - same dies; N.781; S.1157), described in the FEJ sale as 'Extremely fine but slightly bent, rare', however, there is no evidence of a bend or signs of straightening, a very well executed piece with a pleasing tone, extremely fine, this piece displaying the unmistakable work of the Chester die cutter in the quatrefoil type

provenance:
Bt. Spink, December 1974, £150 (ticket by Patrick Finn)
F Elmore Jones collection, Glendining, 12-13 May 1971, lot 177 (illustrated), £56

The crude and distinctive die cutting undertaken at Chester in the quatrefoil type is a worthy focus for future study. It has been noted by the cataloguer that there are definite parallels in style and form with dies utilised at several Severn Valley mints such as Gloucester, Winchcombe and Worcester. As well as style a similarity arises in the inclination to ligate areas of the legend as well as blundering. More can be found on the Chester-cut pieces in Boon 'Welsh Hoards 1979-1981' and 'Hiberno-Norse and Irish Sea imitations of Cnut's Quatrefoil type' in Blackburn 'Viking Coinage and Currency in the British Isles'.

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Sold for
£480