Description
Cnut (1016-1035), silver Penny, quatrefoil type, Thetford Mint, Moneyer Waelgist, crowned and draped bust left within quatrefoil, legend commences at bottom, +CNVT REX ANGLORVI, outer beaded circle surrounding both sides, rev long voided cross with pellet centre and tri-crescent terminals, over quatrefoil with pellet on each cusp, +PE GIS TON ĐEO, 0.89g (BMC type VIII; N.781; S.1157).
Light tone, almost extremely fine.
This coin struck from dies of mid “Lincoln” 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 Lincoln and supplied for use to strike coinage in Thetford.
