date either side of garter buckle at bottom
29g (Schneider 473
crowned with ears of corn
widely spaced ribbon ties at rare of head
Canute Penny, Short cross type, Leicester, Aegelwig date either side of garterCanute (1016 35), silver short cross Penny (1029 35 6), Leicester Mint, moneyer Aegelwig, diademed bust left with sceptre, legend surrounding commencing at top, CNV T: RECX AN , rev. pellet in annulet at centre of voided short cross, linear circles and legend surrounding, +GELPIG ON L. EHR, weight 1. 14g (SCBI 13, Copenhagen (1475); BMC type XVI; N. 790; S. 1159). Light tone with underlying golden lustre in the periphery, slight wear in the obverse