Cnut Short Cross

1029-1035/6
BMC xvi
Hildebrand H
Seaby # 1159
North # 790
Image Mint/Moneyer Notes

 

 

  • Penny
  • ǷVLFǷIG ON CENTǷ:
  • 1.16/17.58mm
  • EX: Munten-en Postzegel Organisatie Auction 46(23 May 2015), lot 3600

 

 

Canterbury

 

 

  • Penny
  • LEIFAN ON L•EII:
  • 0.87gm/17.52mm
  • EX: Warsaw Numismatic Center Electronic Auction 170126, lot 135537

 

 

Chester

 

 

  • Penny
  • PVLFǷINE ON COL:
  • 1.13gm/17.00mm
  • EX: CNG stock number 32764; W. J. Conte Collection; Captain "Peter" Arnot Collection sold by Buckland, Dix, and Wood(21 March 1995), lot 228

 

 

Colchester; SCBI 36-Berlin: 754(die match); See English Coins in the British Museum, v.2, page 259, coin 39 for a probable die match.

 

 

  • Cut 1/2 d
  • SǷ[ETA ON DOR]CES
  • 0.46gm/15.39mm
  • Found June 2017 near Dorchester

 

 

Dorchester; SCBI 13-Copenhagen: 412 and 413(die match to both); EMC 2018.0281(this coin)

 

 

  • Penny
  • LEOFǷINE ON DOF:
  • 1.12gm/18.10mm

 

 

Dover; SCBI 6-Edinburgh: 677(die match)SCBI 13-Copenhagen: 385(die match); See English Coins in the British Museum, v.2, page 261, coin 54 for a probable die match.

 

 

  • Penny
  • BLACAMAN ON CYL•
  • 1.12gm/16.65mm
  • EX: From the private collection of an English Gentleman; NC July 1997; Raymond Carlyon-Britton(bought by Spink 1961); NC May 1930

 

 

Guildford; SCBI 13-Copenhagen: 1126 and 1127(die match to both)

 

 

  • 1030-1035/6
  • Penny
  • LEOFRIC ON HEO:
  • 1.00gm/18.00mm

 

 

Hertford; SCBI 42-South Eastern Museums: 1085; See English Coins in the British Museum, v.2, page 273, coin 240 for a probable die match. Only a pellet in center of reverse cross.

 

 

  • Penny
  • ADA•ON HVNTED:
  • 1.12gm/17.50mm
  • EX: Spink & Son; W. J. Conte Collection sold at CNG Triton VI(13 January 2003), lot 1394

 

 

Huntingdon; SCBI 13-Copenhagen: 1260 & 1261(die match to both)

 

 

  • Penny
  • GODRIC ON GIFEL:
  • 0.97gm/17.50mm

 

 

Ilchester; See English Coins in the British Museum, v.2, page 270, coin 212 for a probable die match.

 

 

  • Penny
  • LIFINC ON GIPESPI
  • 1.12gm/17.30mm

 

 

Ipswich; SCBI 26-East Anglia: 1238 & 1239(die match to both); See English Coins in the British Museum, v.2, page 270, coin 214 for a probable die match.

 

 

  • Penny
  • GODAI ON L•ANC
  • Short Cross
  • 0.98gm/18.26mm
  • EX: Baldwin's Auction 70(28 September 2011); lot 358; Baldwin's Auction 14(14 October 1997), lot 193

 

 

Langport; SCBI 25-Helsinki: 854(die match); Extremly rare type for the mint. Possibly only one other known.

 

 

  • Penny
  • ÆGELǷIG ON L•EHR•
  • 1.13gm/17.00mm

 

 

Leicester; SCBI 13-Copenhagen: 1475(die match); See English Coins in the British Museum, v.2, page 275, coin 267 for a probable die match

 

 

  • Penny
  • LIFINC ON L•INC:
  • 1.09gm/17.90mm

 

 

Lincoln
  • Penny
  • MATAÐAN ON L[INC:.]
  • 0.69gm/17.07mm
Lincoln; SCBI 14-Copenhagen: 1748(die match); SCBI 14-Copenhagen: 1747 &1749(reverse die match)); SCBI 66-Norwegian II:3454(die match). See English Coins in the British Museum, v.2, page 280, coin 341 for a possible die match.

 

 

  • Penny
  • PEDLOS ON L•INC
  • 1.05gm/18.80mm

 

 

Lincoln; SCBI 27-Lincolnshire: 526(die match); The moneyer known only for Lincoln and only for late Cnut and early Harold I issues.
  • Penny
  • SǷEARTINC ON LINC
  • 1.11gm/17.90mm
  • S 1159
  • N 0790
  • EX: Sovereign Rarities Auction 13(29 May 2024), lot 33
Lincoln; SCBI 27-Lincolnshire 0508-510(die match); SCBI 51-Estonia: 840(die match)

 

 

  • Penny
  • BRVNGAR• ON LVN
  • 1.19gm/17.80mm

 

 

London; SCBI 14-Copenhagen:2262(die match); SCBI 66-Norwegian II:3461(die match); See English Coins in the British Museum, v.2, page 285, coin 432 for a probable die match. Reverse pellet in one quarter; same reverse

 

 

  • Penny
  • BRVNMAN ON LV
  • 0.95gm/17.80mm
  • EX Baldwins Fall 2011 Argentum(19 November 2011), lot 193, part of.

 

 

London; SCBI 9-Ashmolean:717(die match)

 

 

  • Penny
  • ÆGEFERÐ O NOR:
  • 1.07gm/18.00mm

 

 

Norwich; SCBI 37-Polish: 280(die match); SCBI 51-Estonia:883(die match); Rare late Saxon moneyer, known during this reign and only from Norwich.

 

 

  • Penny
  • LEOFǷINE O NOR
  • 0.94gm/17.80mm

 

 

Norwich

 

 

  • Penny
  • SIRIC ON NORÐǷ
  • Short Cross
  • 1.11gm/17.58mm
  • EX: WCN Electronic Auction 190321(21 March 2019), lot 176512

 

 

Norwich; SCBI 26-East Anglia:1246(die match); SCBI 30-American Collections: 532(die match); Scarce moneyer, known only at Norwich, Watchet and Guidford.

 

 

  • Penny
  • GODǷINE ON OEX:
  • 1.13gm/17.50mm

 

 

Oxford; SCBI 20-Mack:1104(die match)

 

 

  • Penny
  • GOLDVS ONN S•ER:
  • 1.12gm/17.50mm

 

 

Salisbury; SCBI 15-Copenhagen: 3449 & 3450 (die match to both)

 

 

  • Penny
  • ÆLRIC ON SEEFTE
  • Short Cross
  • 0.85gm/17.00mm

 

 

Shaftesbury; SCBI 15-Copenhagen: 3350(die match)

 

 

  • Penny
  • ÆGELǷINE ON SVÐ
  • 1.04gm/17.40mm

 

 

Southwark

 

 

  • Penny
  • LEOFǷINE ON STA:
  • 0.95gm/17.50mm

 

 

Stamford

 

 

  • 1/2 d Cut
  • OSǷERD O[N STAM]
  • 0.47gm/8.80

 

 

Stamford; This moneyer is known only for Stamford.

 

 

  • Penny
  • ÆLFSTAN ON ǷIL
  • Short Cross
  • 1.02gm/17.32mm
  • EX: Peter Moffat Collection sold at CNG Electronic Auction 277(11 April 2012), lot 389

 

 

Wilton; SCBI 15 - Copenhagen: 3986 & 3987(die match to both); very rare type for the mint.

 

 

  • Penny
  • ALFǷOL•D ON ǷIHR•
  • 1.00gm/11.80mm
  • Found about 24 August 2007 in Fordham, Cambridgeshire

 

 

Worcester; EMC 2018.282(this coin); Possibly the only Cnut short cross from this mint in private hands.

 

 

  • Penny
  • OSGOD ON EOFER:
  • 1.14gm/17.50mm
  • EX: C. W. Pearson Collection sold at CNG Electronic Auction 255(4 May 2011), lot 437

 


York; SCBI 13-Copenhagen: 763(die match)

 

 

  • Penny
  • VCEDE ON EOFER:
  • 1.16gm/18.00mm

 

 

York; SCBI 66-Noewegian II; 3495(die match); Moneyer known only for York.
 
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