Description
Canute (1016-35), Penny, Short cross type (c.1029-35/36), Lincoln Mint, moneyer Oslac, diademed bust left with lis tipped sceptre, legend surrounding, CNVT RECX. Rev, voided short cross, within linear circle and legend surrounding, reads +OSL•ΛC ON L•INCOL:., 18mm,1.16g (S.1159; N.790; BMC XVI; SCBI 14 [Copenhagen, Part IIIb], 1789-1801).
Classic steel grey toning with underlying shades of yellow, struck on solid flan with a tactile feel. Portrait displaying all the main lines, few peckmarks, legends clear with a small area of softness to the right of the pellet fasteners. Reverse, moneyer mint script fluid, slight fade in the voided short cross. Good very fine, pleasing.
