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Auction: 19006 - British, Indian and Islamic Coins: Autumn Auction
Lot: 203

Cnut (1016-35), Penny, Helmet type, Norwich, Leofric, 1.08g, 12h, + cnvt r glorv:, legend starts at 12 o'clock, draped bust left wearing pointed helmet, sceptre before, rev. + l•e•ofric • on • nor:, voided long cross over double-annulet, pelleted-annulets in angles (Portrait N.IIIc, fig. 6; SCBI 15 (Copenhagen) 3182-83 same dies; Hildebrand type G; BMC XIV; N.787; S.1158), once lightly cleaned with an almost imperceptible flan wave, otherwise very fine, a rare type for moneyer, only two recorded on EMC, both in institutional collections

Provenance
Bloomsbury Auctions, 16 December 2005, lot 689
Presumed to be from:
(Cambridge) 'Cnut' Hoard, c. 1993

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Sold for
£270

Starting price
£140