Date: c. 1095/1100-1150

Description:

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

• Domnall mac Taidc Ua Briain – Brotar mac Torcaill
  • Uncertain mint signature and moneyer.
• Early-mid 12th century
  • Struck circa 1095/1100-1150

SCBI -; SCBC 6187.

• Approx. 18 mm, 0.51 g
• Near EF, toned.
  • An exceptional grade for issue.
  • Very rare.

Obverse:

• Crude draped bust left; crozier before
• Blundered and illegible legend around

Reverse:

• Voided long cross, with annulet at centre
• Cruciform scepters and pellets alternating in angles
• Blundered and illegible legend around

Country:

• Ireland

Category:

• Hiberno-Norse
  • Phase 6
• 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