Description
Canute (1016-35), Penny, Quatrefoil type (c.1017-1023), Southwark mint, moneyer Aelfwerd, crowned and draped portrait left within quatrefoil, legend commences, +CNVT REX ANGLOR. Rev, long voided cross over quatrefoil with pellet cusps and pellet centre, reads +ELFPERD N SVDEA, 0.98.g (S.1157; N.781; BMC VIII).
Fully centred striking on a round flan, King in a pronounced four loop quatrefoil, the slightest of die smudges or overstriking in parts of legend, lightly toned with much eye appeal. Very fine.
