DENMARK. Penny, ND (1080-86). Slagelse Mint. Canute IV (Knud d. Hellige). NGC MS-63.Hauberg-9; Hauberg Collection - (cf.1253); Ramus-36; Poulsen-SJ1.2d; Bruun-2038. Weight: 0.90 gms. Moneyer: Atsur. A strikingly lustrous and decidedly Choice piece of the amusing type with the king shown ready for battle.<p><em>As the first Dane to be canonized by the Pope, king Canute received the honor on April 19, 1100. His canonization by Pope Paschalis II followed his 1086 assassination by rebels in St. Albans Priory in Odense. </em>From the L. E. Bruun Collection.<p>
