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Cnut (1016-1035), Penny, Quatrefoil type, London, Osulf, OSVLF ON LVNDE, ‘London B’ style bust with drapery radiating from the brooch and legend starting at 12 o’clock, 1.08gm (Blackburn & Lyon, ASMH, p.244, London ‘B’; N 781; S 1157). Cracked and with minor peckmarks, otherwise very fine (£80-120)

This style of bust is considered the scarcest of Cnut’s Quatrefoil obverse types