Date: c. 1035-1060

Hiberno-Norse Phase III, Class E (Plain bust, symbol before face), Type 1b (Pellet within Annulet) Echmarcach mac Ragnaill.

Description:

Hiberno-Norse coinage, silver penny, Phase III, Class E (Plain bust with symbol before face), Type 1b – pellet within annulet. Long Cross with two hands on reverse. Badly blundered legends on both obverse and reverse – undecipherable.

Obverse:

• Stylised bust of Ethelred II, imitating earlier Phase I types.
• Symbol before face – pellet within annulet.
• Blundered Legend: + III IIII O IIT IIIIII

Reverse:

• Long cross, imitating earlier Phase I Long Cross type.
• Two hands within the quadrants of the cross.
• Blundered Legend: + IIO III:III  II:IIO IIII

Country:

• Ireland

Category:

• Hiberno-Norse
  • Phase 3
    • Class E
    • Type 1b
• 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

Other Useful Links:

• Checklist of Hiberno-Norse Coinage (A new web page devoted to this series)