Date: c. 1060-65

Description:

An Hiberno-Norse silver penny. Phase IV, Long Cross type. Uncertain mint signature and moneyer.

• Diameter: 18 mm
• Weight: 1.01 g

References:

• Cf. Blackburn 4, Fig. 6, 6 (for type)
• O’S –; cf. SCBI 8 (BM), 147 (same); SCBI 32 (Belfast), 313; D&F 25; SCBC 6134

Good Very Fine (gVF)

• Toned, slightly wavy flan.
• Very rare.

Obverse:

Draped bust right; pelleted cross behind neck; two pellets in left field, one pellet in right; four pellets on neck.

Legend:

• Badly blundered, illegible.
• + IИ (inverted F) II (inverted F) N (pellet-in-annulet) (ИF) IИDИ

Reverse:

Long cross, with triple crescent ends; triple pellets in first angle, + and two pellets in second and fourth, and “hand” symbol in third.

Legend:

• Badly blundered, illegible.
• IIII III IIII IIII

Country:

• Ireland

Category:

• Hiberno-Norse
  • Phase 4
    • Scratched Die Issue
• Hammered

Other Coins in this Series:

• Check List: Hiberno-Norse Coinage

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