Date: c. 1065-1085/95

Description:

Hiberno-Norse coinage, silver penny, Dublin, Phase V coinage.

• Murchad mac Diarmata – Gofraid mac meic Arailt
  • Uncertain mint signature and moneyer.
• Mid-late 11th century
  • Struck circa 1065-1085/95

SCBI 22 (Copenhagen), 269 (same dies); SCBI 32 (Belfast), 350-1 (same dies); SCBC 6182.

• Approx. 18 mm, 0.78 g
• VF, toned.
• Struck on a broad flan.
  • Very rare.

Obverse:

• Four croziers forming cross in saltire, with annulet at centre
• Retrograde S to left, scourge to right
• Blundered and illegible legend around

Reverse:

• Voided long cross, with triple crescent ends and pellet at centre
• Pellet, annulet, pellet, and ‘hand’ in angles
• Blundered and illegible legend around

Country:

• Ireland

Category:

• Hiberno-Norse
  • Phase 5
• Hammered

 Further Reading:

• O’Brien Coin Guide: Anglo-Saxon Coins & Their Links to Ireland
• O’Brien Coin Guide: Who Introduced Anglo-Saxon Coins to Ireland and why ?
• O’Brien Coin Guide: Introduction to the Hiberno-Norse Coinages of the Late 10th & Early 11th C