Halfpenny of Cnut, Viking King in England from Unknown

ca. 895–902

Medium: Silver
Dimensions: 0.59 g, 9:00, 14.4 mm
Credit Line: Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of Reverend William H. Owen, B.A. 1897
Accession Number: 2001.87.22022
Geography: Made in York
Culture: Viking
Period: 9th–10th century
Classification: Numismatics
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Numismatics

Numismatics Reference Number

North 520, SCBC (2003) 995

Obverse Description: +CVNNETTI, retrograde, karolus monogram

Reverse Description: CNVT REX, around Patriarchal cross

Provenance

Reverend William H. Owen, to 1938; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., 1938–2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Object copyright

Additional information

coins, halfpennies, money

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