England, Cnut, silver penny, c. AD 1016-23, Alfwald moneyer, at the Bath mint; his bust left in quatrefoil/long cross superimposed on quatrefoil with pellets at the four cusps.
Very fine, old collection tone, cracked with resulting perforation at centre, peckmarks.
S. 1157; North 781; SCBI Copenhagen 46 (this coin); Bruun 9 (this coin)
ex-L.E. Bruun (1852-1923) collection, acquired 1922; from the family collection of the Counts of Brahesminde (the Bille-Brahe family), begun in the 19th century.