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Canute Quatrefoil type Penny, Totnes Mint, Leofgar
Canute (1016-35), silver quatrefoil Penny (c.1017-25), Totnes Mint, Moneyer Leofgar, crowned and draped bust left within quatrefoil, legend surrounding commences at top, +CNVT REX ANGLO, rev. pellet at centre of voided long cross, over quatrefoil with pellet cusps, legend surrounding, +LE OFG AR O TOT, weight 0.83g (N.781; S.1157). Toned with slight undulation to flan, otherwise good very fine.
The Latin legends translate as "Canute King of the English" on obverse and on the reverse "Leofgar of Totnes."
This coin is of the Exeter style as defined by Blackburn and Lyon in their article "Regional Die Production in Cnut's Quatrefoil Issue." These dies were therefore cut at Exeter with the Totnes readings and then supplied for use to strike coins in Totnes that had only two moneyers in this issue.