Description
Canute (1016-35), Penny, Quatrefoil type (c.1017-1023), Hertford mint, moneyer Deorsige, crowned and draped bust left within quatrefoil, legend commences, +CNVT REX ANGLORVM. Rev, long voided cross with pellet centre and tri-crescent terminals, extra pellet in first and fourth quarters, reads +DVRSI ON HEO, 0.90g (S.1157; N.781; BMC VIII; SCBI. 13 – 1212). Struck from rusty dies, very fine.
Ex Baldwin’s Basement, with accompanying ticket.