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CM04454

Canute Penny, Quatrefoil type, Chester local style, Aelfwine, ex Maelgwyn Hoard and Leighton

Canute (1016-35), silver quatrefoil Penny (c.1017-25), Chester Mint, Moneyer Aelfwine, crowned and draped bust left within quatrefoil, legend surrounding commences at upper left, +CNVT REX ANGLOR, rev. pellet at centre of voided long cross, over quatrefoil with pellet cusps, legend surrounding, +EL FPI NE O N LEI., the NE ligatured, weight 0.96g (N.781; S.1157). Toned some light die flaws evident, otherwise good very fine and a rare example of the Chester style.

The Latin legends translate as "Canute King of the English" on obverse and on the reverse "Aelfwine of Chester."

This coin is of the local Chester style as defined by Blackburn and Lyon in their article "Regional Die Production in Cnut's Quatrefoil Issue." These dies were therefore cut at Chester.

Provenance:

Ex Bryn Maelgwyn Hoard, Llandudno, Wales, 16th July 1979.

Ex B A Seaby Ltd, 1984.

Ex Joe Leighton Collection with his ticket.

For further reading about the Bryn Maelgwyn Hoard please see George Boon's paper Welsh Hoards 1979-81, published National Museum of Wales 1986, pages 1-33.

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