Cnut (1016-1035), Quatrefoil type, Leofnoth, Northampton, LEOFNAD mO HA, ‘Northampton A’ style bust, 1.00 gms. Of typical barbarous Northampton style, very fine, very rare (£300-400)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Anglo-Saxon and Earlier Hammered Coins formed by the late Captain 'Peter' Arnot.

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In the past coins of both Northampton styles have been considered as possibly not English. Blackburn and Lyon (“Regional die production in Cnut’s Quatrefoil Issue” ASMH, 1986) offer overwhelming evidence that they are official products and suggest they were struck from dies cut by an illiterate die-cutter