Description
Canute (1016-35), Penny, Helmet type (c.1024-1030), Dover mint, moneyer Eadsige, pointed helmet bust left with sceptre in front, legend surrounding at 1 o’clock, CNVT RECXΛ: Rev, short voided cross with pellet and annulet centre, pellet in annulet in each angle, all within linear circle, reads +EDSIGEE ON DOFER•A: ,1.03g (S.1158; N.787; BMC XIV; SCBI 13 [Copenhagen, Part IIIa] 345-47).
A darkly toned fusion of charcoal grey with hues of mint amber complimented by clear fields. Some doubling in obverse portrait, few light metal flan stress striations, legends all immediately readable with few soft spots. Rev, a little weakness in central motif, all legends precise, struck on good metal. Very fine, in a popular mint town.
