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Canute Quatrefoil type Penny, Chester, Spegen, late local style
Canute (1016-35), silver quatrefoil Penny (c.1017-25), Chester Mint, Moneyer Spegen, crowned and draped bust left within quatrefoil, legend surrounding commences at upper left, +CNVT REX ANGLORX, rev. pellet at centre of voided long cross, over quatrefoil with pellet cusps, legend surrounding, +SP EGE N ON LEG, weight 1.33g (N.781; S.1157). Toned some light die flaws evident, otherwise good very fine with a great portrait.
The Latin legends translate as "Canute King of the English" on obverse and on the reverse "Spegen of Chester."
This coin is of the local Chester style in its later phase, 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 Mrs E M H Norweb Collection, part IV, Spink Coin Auction 59, 17th June 1987, lot 1230.
Ex Professor G W De Witt, Kunker Auction 137, Germany, 11th March 2008, lot 3093.
Ex Baldwin Auction 77, 27th September 2012, lot 2545.
Ex A H Baldwin, Fixed Price List, Summer 2014, item AS037.