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Home » Coins. » Coins of Europe. « Previous image  · Slide Show · Next image » more » « Previous image · Next image » ENGLAND~AR Short-Cross Penny 1016-1035 AD Click on image to view larger image « Previous image  · Slide Show · Next image » Photo Details Zantetsuken Registered: November 2010 Posts: 470 Anglo-Saxon Coinage issued under the reign of Viking King: Cnut~The Great · Date: Mon December 13, 2010 · Additional Info Keywords: ENGLAND~AR Short-Cross Penny 1016-1035 AD Country.: England Date.: Short-Cross Penny Denomination.: York Composition.: Silver Remarks.

Author Thread   BCNumismatics British Commonwealth numismati Registered: November 2010 Location: Wellington,Dominion of New Zealand. Posts: 585 Thu December 23, 2010 04:16 Daniel, That's a very nice coin of King Canute's reign. Being of Orcadian Norse descent,this coin is of interest to me,as the Orcadians are descended from the Vikings,as are the Manx. I have found the coins prior to King Edward I's reign elusive,especially for the Anglo-Saxon coins. Aidan.