★ A beautifully toned Penny of Cnut from Cambridge ★

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Cnut, 1016-1035. Penny (Silver, 18 mm, 0.96 g, 6 h), quatrefoil type, Leofsige, moneyer. Cambridge, 1016-1023. ✠ CNVT REX ANGLΘ Crowned and draped bust of Cnut to left within quatrefoil. Rev. ✠ LIO-EZI-OII G-RAN Voided long cross with triple-crescent ends, pellets in quarters and pellet at center; all over quatrefoil. BMC VIII. North 781. SCBC 1157. SCBI 15 (Copenhagen) 1095 ( same dies ). Beautifully toned and attractive, with a lovely portrait. Nearly extremely fine.

From the New Horizons Collection, Classical Numismatic Group 120, 12 May 2022, 1117, from the collection of Dr. Patrick H. C. Tan, Triton XX, 10 January 2017, 1543 and ex Heritage 3040, 9 April 2015, 32331.