Penny - Harthacnut Arm and Sceptre type

Features

Issuer England (United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies)
King Harthacnut (1035-1042)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1040-1042
Value 1 Penny (1⁄240)
Currency Kings of All England (924-1158)
Composition Silver
Weight 1.11 g
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
117442
References Sp# 1168,
Emma Howard (editor); 2021. Standard Catalogue of British Coins : Coins of England & the United Kingdom Pre-Decimal Issues (56th edition). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
And 2 more volumes.
North# 811
Jeffrey J. North; 1963. English Hammered Coinage / Volume 1. Early Anglo-Saxon : Henry III c. 650-1272. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
And 1 more volumes.

Obverse

Diademed bust left, sceptre before

Script: Latin

Lettering: +HARÐA CNVT REX

Reverse

Quadrilateral with pellet at each apex over long cross voided, a pellet at centre, mintname and moneyer around

Script: Latin

Lettering: +LIFINC ONN OCXEN

Comments

Harthacnut (1035-42), Penny, 1.11g, arm and sceptre type, Oxford, Lifinc (N.811)

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1040-1042)  London mint
ND (1040-1042)  Oxford mint

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