H3264 - Viking Kingdom of York, "Hunedeus and Cnut", 'Cunetti' Group (c.895-902), Penny, 1.31g., York mint, small cross with pellet in 2nd and 3rd angle, +CVNETTI around, rev., CR T EN (Cnut Rex) around patriarchal cross, with a pellet in angle of the smaller cross, (N.501; S.993), distinctive Cuerdale toning, almost extremely fine. $995 NOW $795 SOLD

Provenance

Ex Geashill Hoard, Co. Offally, Ireland, discovered c.1862 (A. H. Baldwin stock ticket in the hand of Michael Sharp)

 

The Geashill Hoard of York Viking pennies, see Dolley, Michael, "An unpublished Hoard of St. Peter Pence'. Numismatic Chronicle, 1957, pp.123-32.