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S.993, Cnut - AR penny, Cnut, York mint. Obv: CR T EN (Cnut Rex) around patriarchal cross. Rev: Small cross with CUNNETTI around. Robert Page Collection, ex Brian Grover, ex Dr Edward Burstall. Lyon and Stewart have suggested that the enigmatic legend 'CVNNETTI" maybe a Latinized rendering of Hunedeus, an historically attested Viking leader, who held power at York with the otherwise unknown Cnut. |