Code: 12608
Anglo-Saxon Silver Penny of King Canute (Cnut) struck at Southwark mint by the moneyer Leofwine. It is of the pointed helmet type (c.1024 - c.1030 AD).
Obverse: Bust left wearing a pointed helmet, with a sceptre in front, royal title around: CNVT RECXΛ, (Cnut King of the English)
Reverse: Short Cross voided, limbs united at base by two circles; in centre, a pellet; in each angle, a broken annulet enclosing a pellet, moneyer/mint name around: +LEOFǷINE ON SVÐ (Leofwine of Southwark)
This coin was minted from rusty dies, similar to another sold by Baldwins from the same mint (see here). This example was minted at Southwark but ended up being found in Estonia so would have been traded and travelled widely within the Baltic Viking kingdoms!
Cnut was King of England from 1016, King of Denmark from 1018, and King of Norway from 1028 until his death in 1035. The three kingdoms united under Cnut's rule are referred to together as the North Sea Empire.
DENOMINATION: Penny
CULTURE: Saxon England
DATE: 1016 - 1035 AD (this coin was minted between 1024 - 1030 AD)
MATERIAL: Silver
SIZE: 19.2mm diameter
WEIGHT: 1.05grams
ATTRIBUTION: S.1158; N.787; BMC XIV
PROVENANCE: Formerly in a private collection in Tallinn, Estonia
