Silver Penny of King Canute .

[oldsoapy]

The weather forecast said showers . but the sun was shining so l decided to go off detecting as l had a new field to search, l had been on it about 20 years ago but l had only done a couple of hours then. Now l have got it again and can give it a good search. The sun was still shining when l started searching today . l spent 5 hours in total today with not too many signals, but just before l was ready to call it a day. Here it is a Silver penny of King Canute.
Canute Reigned from 1018 to 1035.
King Canute the Great

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[Silver Searcher]

Cracking coin Mate...becoming the year of the saxon for the brits..weldone..Vote banner on this.

SS

[SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS]

Outstanding,
a bit of the past.

Who touched it last; the story that could be told..

What the hobby is all about.

have a good un..........
SHERMANVILLE

[hamiddetecting]

Congratulation!

[garryson]

Silver penny of King Canute is an awesome find, congrats!

[leprechaun]

Beautiful coin. I would like to visit that dig sight sometime.

[sleepwalker]

fantastic find...HH

[JmCraz8]

Wow that coin is old, congrats on a super find!!!

[K Zack]

That is a Fantastic Coin.
Almost 1000 years old and it still looks Great.
You have my vote for Banner.
Thank you for sharing with us.

[oldsoapy]

Cracking coin Mate...becoming the year of the saxon for the brits..weldone..Vote banner on this.

SS

My first for 2 years : When you found yours l did say to leave one for me!! Hutch.

[CRUSADER]

I only got my first Canute last year & it was a cut half, yours is a real cracker. Maybe one day I will get another but I bet its in 10 years time!!

[oldsalty19]

[CivilWarStory]

Wow! What an incredibly old and beautiful Silver penny of King Canute. UK history is fascinating. Do you know if King Canute was contemporary with the Battle of Hastings?
Thanks for sharing.
John (civilwarstory)

[oldsoapy]

Wow! What an incredibly old and beautiful Silver penny of King Canute. UK history is fascinating. Do you know if King Canute was contemporary with the Battle of Hastings?
Thanks for sharing.
John (civilwarstory)

I'm not good with history but King Canute died 31 years before the Battle of Hastings, so maybe not!! Hutch.

[Generic_Lad]

I also vote banner on this one. For those not in the know, Canute (Cnut) pennies easily sell for $200-400 in this condition and perhaps more if it is a rare mint/type. Myself I'm not very good with early hammered but I am curious to know what is the mint/moneyer is for this one.

[CRUSADER]

I also vote banner on this one. For those not in the know, Canute (Cnut) pennies easily sell for $200-400 in this condition and perhaps more if it is a rare mint/type. Myself I'm not very good with early hammered but I am curious to know what is the mint/moneyer is for this one.

I'm awaiting that info as well, could be unusual. Haven't got the time to research it myself, but can see the mint starts 'ST' (maybe Stamford).

[oldsoapy]

I'm awaiting that info as well, could be unusual. Haven't got the time to research it myself, but can see the mint starts 'ST' (maybe Stamford).

Ive been looking myself and l make it: "DVNSTAN ON STA" Dunstan minted at Stamford.

[CRUSADER]

Ive been looking myself and l make it: "DVNSTAN ON STA" Dunstan minted at Stamford.

Looks right to me

[Silver Searcher]

I'm not good with history but King Canute died 31 years before the Battle of Hastings, so maybe not!! Hutch.

Knut Svenson (also known as Canute or Cnut) attempted to seize the English throne on the death of Æthelred; for several years he contended with Edmund Ironside, until the latter's death. Cnut was initially unpopular due to the fear that he would tax England excessively and use English warriors in his Scandinavian campaigns, but he was careful to support the church and behave like an English king, and his reign was marked by prosperity and relative harmony based on military strength. Cnut married Æthelred's widow, Emma, and purged the English nobility of its disloyal and self-serving members, such as Eadric Streona of Mercia, and paid off his invasion force. The almost two decades of Cnut's reign marked a shift in English attitudes, as Cnut was king of England, Denmark and Norway; he ruled over a North Sea Empire. At his death, he was buried in Winchester Cathedral.

SS

[oldsoapy]

Ive been looking myself and l make it: "DVNSTAN ON STA" Dunstan minted at Stamford.

Seems although it reads Dunstan it actually is the moneyer Thurstan. Sorry l had it wrong. Hutch.