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Canute Penny, Quatrefoil type, Sudbury, Spirlinc, ex Conte

Canute (1016-35), silver quatrefoil Penny (c.1017-25), Sudbury Mint, Moneyer Spirlinc, crowned and draped bust left within quatrefoil, legend surrounding commences lower left, +CNVT REX ANGLO:, rev. pellet at centre of voided long cross, over quatrefoil with pellet cusps, legend surrounding, +SP RLI NC O S VBR, the NC ligatured, weight 0.86g (N.781; S.1157). Light tone, hairline crack at bottom of obverse, otherwise good very fine and rare.

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

Provenance:

Ex Dr W J Conte, part III, Classical Numismatic Group, Triton VI, 14th January 2006, lot 1364.

Ex Dix Noonan and Webb, Auction 63, 7th October 2004, lot 206.

Purchased from A H Baldwin & Sons Ltd, Summer 2006.

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