Date: c. 1016-1020

Description:

Hiberno-Norse. Phase I, Class E silver penny. Struck for Sihtric (Silkenbeard) Anlafsson.

• Also known as:
  • Sihtric, Sitric and Sitrick in Irish texts
  • Sigtryg and Sigtryggr in Scandinavian texts

Imitating Cnut Quatrefoil type and struck circa 1016-1020.

• Diameter: 19 mm
• Weight: 1.09 g

Refs: SCBI 8 (BM), 60 var. (same rev. die; obv. legend); O’S 25; D&F 21; SCBC 6121.

• Near EF, a couple peck marks.
• Exceptionally high grade for issue.
• Extremely rare.

Obverse:

• Crowned bust facing left in quatrefoil
• + SINTRC RE+ DУFLN M:
  • Sihtric, King of Dublin

Reverse:

• Voided long cross with triple-crescent ends and pellet at center, over quatrefoil
• + STEGEN: MΘ NΘND
  
  • Stegen, moneyer of Dublin

Country:

• Ireland

Category:

• Hiberno-Norse
  • Phase 1
    • Class E
• Hammered

 

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 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