England (1040-42) penny S-1169

Stack's Bowers 2026 ANA sale, lot 41276

This specimen was lot 41276 in Stack's Bowers Summer 2026 Global Showcase Auction (Pittsburgh, August 2026), where it sold for $1,952. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Anglo-Saxon. Kings of All England. Penny, ND (ca. 1040-42). Thetford Mint; Leofwine, moneyer. Harthacnut. PCGS AU-55. Arm and Scepter (BMC xvii) type. A fairly crisply struck example of the type, this lightly circulated specimen offers alluring deep gray toning." Harthacnut was a son of Cnut the Great who spent most of his short reign in Denmark. He was succeeded in 1042 by his half brother, Edward the Confessor.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: S-1169; N-799.

Source:

• Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date, London: Coincraft, 1995.
• Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, Summer 2026 Global Showcase Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2026.

Link to:

• (1036-38) penny, Lincoln and London mints, Harold I
• (1040-42) penny, Lund mint, Harthacnut
• (1044-46) penny, Oxford mint, Edward the Confessor
• Coins and currency dated 1040