Obverse:
CNVT REX arranged around inverted patriarchal
cross with pellets at each quarter of the
smaller cross, two groups of four pellets
to top left and right.
Reverse:
Small cross pattée, pellet in each
quarter, within beaded border. Text around
CVN NET TI, each group of letters split by
three pellets.
History:
The names on this coin have been interpreted
as Cnut (Knutr) on the obverse and a Latinised
rendering of Hunedeus on the reverse, two
Viking war leaders operating in northern England
in the late ninth century. The name Cnut is
arranged around the arms of the cross in the
manner early Christians would cross themselves
during prayer.
Date:
York mint, Circa 895-902 AD.
Diameter:
1.8cm
