Date: c. 1030-1034 ?

 

Description:

An Hiberno-Manx Silver Penny, imitating an Hiberno-Norse, Phase II Penny of Dublin, which itself imitates an English Æthelred II long cross penny.

• Weight: 0.46 g

References:

• Dolley NC 1976, pl. 13, no. 22, die duplicate
• S.7400

Small edge chip from contemporary mount breaking off.

• Edge chipped behind head, otherwise Good Very Fine (gVF)
• Extremely rare

Obverse:

• Head to left, cross on neck, sceptre surmounted by cross before, cross of four pellets behind
• Legend not visible

Reverse:

• voided long cross, a pellet in each quarter
• Blundered legend – probably derived from FAEREMON ON DYFLI

Country:

• Isle of Man
  • Hiberno-Norse Kingdom of Mann

Category:

• Hiberno-Manx
• Hammered

 

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Other Coins in this Series:

• Check List: Hiberno-Norse Coinage
  

Further Reading:

• O’Brien Coin Guide: Introduction to the Hiberno-Manx Coinages of the mid-11th Century

 

• 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