Quatrefoil penny of Cnut
- Description
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This coin is part of an important collection of Saxon and early medieval coins held by the museum. The collection contains examples of coins minted in the Devon burgh towns of Exeter, Lydford, Barnstaple and Totnes. This penny was issued by Cnut, and minted in Exeter by Isegod.
- Accession Loan No.
- 17/1995
- Collection Class
- Numismatics
- Common Name
- quatrefoil penny of Cnut
- Simple Name
- coin
- Full Name
- penny Cnut Quatrefoil type
- Dimensions
- whole diameter 20 mm; whole depth 0.5 mm; whole weight 1.06 grams
- Period Classification
- Late Saxon (900-1066)
- Production Year Low
- 1017
- Production Year High
- 1024
- Family Group
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- Material
- silver
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Collection Continent
- Europe
- Mint
- Exeter
- Moneyer
- Isegod
- Issuer Person
- Cnut
- Inscription / Transcription
- +CNVT REX ANGLOR; +ISEGOD ON EAX
