★ Rare Mint ★

England. Cnut the Great 1016-1035. AR penny (18mm, 0.87g, 1h). Quatrefoil type (BMC viii, Hild. E). Hastings mint; moneyer Aethelsige. Struck circa 1016-1023. +CNVT REX ANGLORVI, crowned bust left within circle / +ÆLS IGEO NHÆ STII, quatrefoil with pellet on each cusp, long voided cross with each limb terminating in three crescents, pellet in center. BEH -; North 781. SCBI 66 (Norwegian Collections), 1968. Extremely rare mint for type. Extremely Fine.