England, Cnut, silver penny, c. AD 1024-30, Aelfric moneyer, at the London mint; his bust left with sceptre and pointed helmet/short cross in circle, superimposed on annulet, pellets in annulets in quarters. 1.01 g.
Very fine, crimped, peckmarked.
S. 1158; North 787; SCBI Copenhagen 510 (this coin); Bruun 553 (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.