Penny Cnut Quatrefoil type
Cnut was the son of Swegn Forkbeard, King of Denmark. Initially he was ruler of the Viking occupied area of England but came ruler of all England when he married Emma of Normandy, Aethelred’s widow.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 123/1995
- Collection Class
- Numismatics
- Material
- silver | | | |
- Common Name
- penny Cnut Quatrefoil type
- Simple Name
- coin
- Inscription Transcription
- +CNVT REX ANGLOR I; +GOD ON EAXCESTRE
- Period Classification
- Late Saxon (900-1066)
- Production Town
- Production Person Initials
- CnutGoda
- Production Person Surname
- Production Year Low
- 1017
- Production Year High
- 1024
