Anglo Saxon King Cnut silver halfpenny by Edward
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Anglo-Saxon Silver Penny of King Canute (Cnut) struck by the moneyer Edward. 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 RECX A, (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: +EDǷARD ON LVND: (Edward of London?)
Cnut was King of England from 1016, King of Denmark from 1018, and King of Norway from 1028 ntil his death in 1035. The three kingdoms united under Cnut's rule are referred to together as the North Sea Empire.
DENOMINATION: Halfpenny
CULTURE: Saxon England
DATE: 1016 - 1035 AD (this coin was minted between 1024 - 1030 AD)
MATERIAL: Silver
SIZE: 19mm x 8.4mm
WEIGHT: 0.47 grams
ATTRIBUTION: N.787; S.1158
PROVENANCE: Formerly in a private collection in Tallinn, Estonia
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