H5218 - Harthacnut (Joint king 1035-37, Sole King 1040-1042), Silver Penny, 1.13g., 19mm, Arm and Sceptre type (1040-1042), York - Grimulfr, diademed draped bust left holding sceptre, +CNVT RECX, rev., over short cross, voided quadrilateral ornament with one pellet in each angle and in centre, +GRIMVLF ON EOFEP:, (N.799; S.1169), with Viking peckmarks, very fine, very rare. $3225 SOLD

It has been suggested that this issue was struck during Cnut's lifetime, as it is also appears in his name and belongs to the period after Cnut's military expeditions in Norway and Sweden, when Harthacnut was raised to the rank of joint king in Denmark. The latter half of Cnut's reign is characterized by an abandonment of coin designs based upon English prototypes and the adoption of designs that draw on ideas from indigenous Danish culture. The coiled serpent on the obverse is perhaps identifiable with the Jörmungandr (World Serpent) from pre-Christian Norse mythology that encircles the earth. SOLD

ME659 - Harthacnut (in England: Joint king with Harold I 1035-37, Sole King 1040-1042, in Denmark: Joint King with Cnut 1026-35, Sole King 1035-1042), Danish Issue, Silver Penny, 0.97g., 17mm, Lund mint (Lund, Skåne (now Sweden)), moneyer Alfwarth, radiate helmeted bust left, in armour, +HARÐECNVT, rev., voided long cross, each arm terminating in three crescents, an annulet in the 1st and 4th quarter, a pellet in the others, +ALFPARÐ O LV, (Becker dies CJB H 5/14 ; Hauberg 28; S.1170),  weakly struck on the face, extremely fine with a clear regal, mint and moneyers name. $1495 SOLD

Only one specimen of this type, mint and moneyer combination recorded in the Cambridge SCBI / EMC database.