Description
Canute (1016-35), Penny, Quatrefoil type (c.1017-1023), Lincoln mint, moneyer Swartbrand , classic and definitive Lincoln style bust, crowned and draped portrait left within quatrefoil, legend commences, +CNVT REX ANGLORVM. Rev, long voided cross over quatrefoil with pellet cusps and pellet centre, reads +SPRTBRAND O LI, 0.90g (S.1157; N.781; BMC VIII).
Darkly toned with an underlying golden mint lustre, a complete example boasting concise legends on both obverse and reverse, complimented by a first-rate portrait; reverse equally superb and definitive. Extremely fine.
Ex. Pheatt collection (BDW 1995), Lot 554
