Date: c. 995-1015

Description:

An Hiberno-Norse Phase I, Class B Long Cross Penny, Imitating Long Cross type of Æthelred II. Dublin mint; Siel, moneyer. Struck circa AD 1000-1010.

• Diameter: 20 mm
• Weight: 1.31 g
• References:
  • O’S Type 3; Hilderbrand 72; SCBI 8 (British Museum), 22 (same dies); SCBC 6103
• Some very light porosity under attractive tone, otherwise almost Extremely Fine (aEF)
• A very rare moneyer

Obverse:

• Draped bust left with pellet behind neck
• Clear, legible obverse legend:
  • + SIHTRC RE+ ÐYFNI
    • (translates as “Sihtric, King of Dublin”)

Reverse:

• Long voided cross, with triple crescent ends and pellet in each angle
• Clear but blundered suffix to reverse legend:
  • + SIEL Θ ÐYF+LNIEIMIIV
    • (translates as Moneyer = “Siel of Dublin”)

Country:

• Ireland

Category:

• Hiberno-Norse
  • Phase 1
    • Class B (Long Cross)
• Hammered

Other Coins in this Series:

• The Old Currency Exchange: Checklist (Hiberno-Norse)

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