Date: c. 1035-1060

An Hiberno-Norse silver penny, Phase III, Class A (Plain bust), Type 1g – Long Cross, with two hands + quatrefoil. Echmarcach mac Ragnaill.

Description:

An Hiberno-Norse silver penny, Phase III, Class A (Plain Bust), Type 1g (Long Cross with two hands + quatrefoil on reverse). Blundered legends on both obverse and reverse – undecipherable.

Obverse:

• Plain bust, imitating earlier Phase I types.
• Legend:
  • Blundered and indecipherable.

Reverse:

• Long cross, imitating earlier Phase I Long Cross type. Two hands within the quadrants of the cross and one quatrefoil.

• Legend:
  • Blundered and indecipherable.

Country:

• Ireland

Category:

• Hiberno-Norse
  • Phase III
  • Class A
    • Type 1g
• 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