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Canute Quatrefoil type Penny, Hertford Mint, Wulfric

Canute (1016-35), silver quatrefoil Penny (c.1017-25), Hertford Mint, Moneyer Wulfric, diademed and draped bust left within quatrefoil, legend surrounding commences at lower left, +CNVT REX ANGLORVM, rev. pellet at centre of voided long cross, over quatrefoil with pellet cusps, legend surrounding, +PV LFR IC H RET, weight 1.07g (N.785; S.1157). Well centred, toned, a pleasing extremely fine and scarce, especially this well preserved.

The legends translate as "Canute King of the English" on obverse and on the reverse "Wulfric Hertford." This Quatrefoil type coin is struck of the London type mid A style as defined by Mark Blackburn and Stewart Lyon in their article "Regional Die-Production in Cnut's Quatrefoil Issue."

Provenance:
Ex A. H. Baldwin, Fixed Price List, Summer 2015, item AS034.

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