Details
LOT 2229
Hiberno-Norse Coins - Ireland - Sihtric Anlafsson - Long Cross and Hand Coinage - Portrait Penny 1035-1060 A.D.
Phase III, imitating long cross issue of Aethelred II. Obv: profile bust left with +IINITRCMERIIO blundered legend, within a beaded border. Rev: long voided cross with 'hand' in two angles with I+I - IICI - IOI - CID blundered legend, within a beaded border. Extremely fine.(0.93 grams.).
Provenance
Ex late John Cross collection, Canterbury, UK.
Acquired Canterbury Auction Galleries, 3 October 2021, lot 569.
Property of two Kent sisters, by gift from their parents.
Literature
S. 6132A; D&F 24; see SCBI 32 (Belfast), 134-298.
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LOT 2229
Hiberno-Norse Coins - Ireland - Sihtric Anlafsson - Long Cross and Hand Coinage - Portrait Penny
Sold for (Inc. bp): £936
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