Description
Canute (1016-35), Penny, Helmet type (c.1024-1030), Thetford mint, moneyer Eadwine, pointed helmet bust left with sceptre in front, legend surrounding at 1 o’clock, CNVT: EX •Λ•GL•OR. Rev, short voided cross with pellet and annulet centre, pellet in annulet in each angle, all within linear circle, reads +EDPINE ON ÐEODF:, 0.94g (S.1158; N.787; BMC XIV; SCBI 15 [Copenhagen, Part IIIc] 3824-7).
Brightly toned surfaces punctuated by underlying mint lustre with hues of amber and yellows. Free from peckmarks with a fully centred strike and clear legends. Few soft spots and die breaks, little ghosting, good very fine.
