Description
Cnut (1016-1035), silver Penny, quatrefoil type, London Mint, Moneyer Aelfwig, crowned and draped bust left within quatrefoil, legend commences at lower left, +CNVT REX ANGLOR, outer beaded circle surrounding both sides, rev long voided cross with pellet centre and tri-crescent terminals, over quatrefoil with pellet on each cusp, +ELF PI ON LVND ENE E, some letters ligatured, 1.09g (BMC type VIII; N.781; S.1157).
Light tone, extremely fine.
This coin struck from dies of the late class A “London” style as defined by Blackburn and Lyon in their article “Regional Die-Production in Cnut’s Quatrefoil Issue” chapter 13 of Anglo-Saxon Monetary History. These dies therefore cut at London and supplied for use to strike coinage in London.
