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Canute Penny, Quatrefoil type, Hertford mint, Wulfric
Canute (1016-35),silver Penny, Quatrefoil type (c.1017-25), Hertford Mint, Moneyer Wulfric, diademed and draped bust left within quatrefoil, legend surrounding commences at lower left, +CNVT REX ANGLOR,rev.pellet at centre of voided long cross, over quatrefoil with pellet cusps, legend surrounding, +PVLFRIC H YRT, weight 1.13g (SCBI 13 [Copenhagen], BMC type VIII; cf 1227-28; N.781; S.1157).Toned, obverse die showing traces of crimping, reverse better. Very fine, a better mint town.
The legends translate as "Canute King of the English" on obverse and on the reverse "Wulfric Hertford." This Quatrefoil type coin is struck of the London type mid A style as defined by Mark Blackburn and Stewart Lyon in their article "Regional Die-Production in Cnut's Quatrefoil Issue."