Canute Penny, short cross type, Leicester Mint, moneyer Wulnoth

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EM17132

Canute Penny, short cross type, Leicester Mint, moneyer Wulnoth

Name: Canute Penny, short cross type, Leicester Mint, moneyer Wulnoth
Brand: Sovereign Rarities Live
SKU: EM17132
Price: 750.0 GBP
Availability: OutOfStock

Canute (1016-35),silver short cross Penny (1029-35), Leicester Mint, Moneyer Wulnoth, diademed bust left with sceptre, legend surrounding commencing at top, CNV T: RECX A,rev.pellet in annulet at centre of voided short cross, linear circles and legend surrounding, +PVLNOÐ ON LEHR, weight 1.06g (N.790; S.1159).Toned, peck mark on neck and another on reverse, otherwise good very fine.

The Latin legends translate as "Canute King" on obverse and on the reverse "Wulfnoth of Leicester."

The City of Leicester is situated on the River Soar a tributary from the Trent and is some 30 miles north west of Northampton. A See was established there from 737 and it later was the centre of an independent Viking army circa 877 and became one of the Five Boroughs. In 918 Aethelflaed the eldest daughter of Alfred the Great and Lady of the Mercians gained possession of Leicester without fighting with most of the local army submitting to her. Later in 940 the army of Anlaf Guthfrithson met with the army of Eadmund. Subsequently the Archbishops of Canterbury and York arranged a treaty giving territory including Leicester to Anlaf.