Date: c. 1075-1080

Hiberno-Norse, Phase V, Class B (Imitation of Edward the Confessor type xiii) Silver Penny (cross with triple pellet finials, small cross pattée in centre)

Description:

An Hiberno-Norse / Hiberno-Scandinavian, Phase V, Class B (Imitation of Edward the Confessor type xiii) Silver Penny. Obv: very crude bust left, three pellets on neck. Rev: cross with triple pellet finials, small cross pattée in centre.

• Weight:  0.83 g
• References:
  • SCBI BM 219; cf. SCBI Copenhagen 260; SCBI Ulster –; O’Sullivan –; Roth 5; S 6149; DF 28
• Very Fine but very crudely struck. Dark tone (VF)
• Excessively rare

Obverse:

• Very crude bust left, three pellets on neck (in imitation of Æthelred II Long Cross coinage)
• Blundered legend

Reverse:

• Cross with triple pellet finials, small cross pattée in centre (in imitation of Edward the Confessor’s Type xiii coinage)
• Blundered legend

Country:

• Ireland

Category:

• Hiberno-Norse
  • Phase 5
    • Class B
• 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