Description
Canute (1016-35), Penny, quatrefoil type (c.1017-23), Colchester Mint, moneyer Edwine, crowned and draped bust left within quatrefoil, legend commences at 12 o’clock, +CNVT REX ANGLOR. Rev, pellet at centre of voided long cross, over quatrefoil with pellet cusps, legend surrounding, +EDPINE MO COL, 1.00g (S.1157; N.781; SCBI 25 [Helsinki], 614; BMC. VIII; Thetford style A: Middle dies).
A pleasing specimen with both a fully centred strike, free from any peckmarks or contact marks with much of its original mint bloom visible, especially on the reverse. Portrait, legends and the moneyer mint script well struck, few die flaws. Extremely fine for issue, the mint very scarce for the type.
Ex Cambridge Hoard
Ex A. H. Baldwin, Fixed Price List, Summer 2015, item AS028
