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LM41186

Canute Penny, Helmet type, Lincoln, Aelfnoth, ex Cambridge Hoard (c.1992)

Regular price £650
Regular price Sale price £650

Canute (1016-35),silver helmet type Penny (1024-30), Lincoln Mint, Moneyer Aelfnoth, helmeted bust left with sceptre, legend surrounding, +CNVT REX AI,rev.pellet in double annulet at centre of voided short cross, broken annulet enclosing pellet in each angle, linear circles and legend surrounding, +ÆLFNOÐ ON LINC, weight 1.00g (Mossop plate XLI, 29; N.787; S.1158).Lightly toned with some peck marks, a bold very fine.

The legends translate as "Canute King" on obverse and on the reverse "Aelfnoth of Lincoln."

See also "The Lincoln Mint c.890-1279" by H. R. Mossop where the plate referenced above can be found.

Provenance:

This coin is almost certainly from the "Cambridge Hoard" discovered circa 1992 which was never properly recorded and sold initially through Dolphin Coins. It is accompanied by one of the distinctive identification tickets from this group with neat blue ink pen in capital letters accurately recording the readings both sides.

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