Description
Canute (1016-1035), Silver Penny, Quatrefoil Type, Ipswich Mint, Moneyer Edric, crowned and draped bust left within quatrefoil, pellet topped crown, legend commences at top, +CNVT REX ANGLOX, outer beaded circle surrounding both sides, rev long voided cross with pellet centre and tri-crescent terminals, over quatrefoil with pellet on each cusp, +ED RIC MΩO GIP, 1.05g (sadler II fig.438; BMC type VIII; N.781; S.1157).
This coin struck from dies of the mid A class ‘Thetford’ style as defined by Blackburn and Lyon in their article ‘Regional Die-Production in Cnut’s Quatrefoil Issue’ chapter 13 of Anglo-Saxon Monetary History. These dies therefore cut at Thetford and supplied for use to strike coinage in Ipswich.
