Date: c. 1035-1060 Description: Hiberno-Norse Phase III, Class E (Bust with Symbols), Type 2e – Small Pellet on Neck, Long Cross with two hands. Blundered legends on both obverse and reverse, but obverse is partially legible. Obverse: Stylised bust of Ethelred II, imitating earlier Phase I types. Symbol on neck – small pellet. Blundered Legend:…
Date: c. 1035-1060 Description: Hiberno-Norse coinage, silver penny, Phase III, Class E (Plain bust with symbol before face), Type 1b – pellet within annulet. Long Cross with two hands on reverse. Badly blundered legends on both obverse and reverse – undecipherable. Obverse: Stylised bust of Ethelred II, imitating earlier Phase I types. Symbol before face…
Date: c. 1035-1060 Description: Hiberno-Norse coinage, silver penny, Phase III, Class E (Bust with symbol – crude quatrefoil on neck) – Long Cross with one hand, two pellets and the symbol ‘S’ on reverse. Badly blundered legends on both obverse and reverse – undecipherable. Obverse: Stylised bust of Ethelred II, imitating earlier Phase I types.…
Date: c. 1035-1060 Description: Hiberno-Norse coinage, silver penny, Phase III, Class E (Plain bust with symbol – crude quatrefoil on neck) – Long Cross with one hand, one pellet and the symbol ‘S’ on reverse. Badly blundered legends on both obverse and reverse – undecipherable. Obverse: Stylised bust of Ethelred II, imitating earlier Phase I…
Date: c. 1035-1060 Description: Hiberno-Norse coinage, Phase III, Class A, Type 3d silver penny. The obverse is, unusually, quite legible (Sihtric, King of Dublin) but the reverse legend is, as more usual, badly blundered and indecipherable. This suggests that this coin was produced quite early in Phase III. Obverse: Plain Bust facing left, imitating Aethelred…
Date: c. 1035-1060 Description: Hiberno-Norse coinage, silver penny, Phase III, Class E (Plain bust with symbol – cross on neck), two hands on reverse. Badly blundered legends on both obverse and reverse – undecipherable. Obverse: Stylised bust of Ethelred II, imitating earlier Phase I types. Symbol on neck – cross pattée. Legend: Badly blundered. Reverse:…
Date: c. 1035-1060 Description: Hiberno-Norse coinage, Phase III, Class A, Type 1a silver penny. The obverse and reverse legends, as usual, are badly blundered and indecipherable. Obverse: Plain Bust, imitating Aethelred of England. Legend: Badly blundered. Reverse: Long Cross imitation, with symbolic hands in 2 quadrants. Legend: Badly blundered. Country: Ireland Category: Hiberno-Norse Phase 3…
Introduction: The history of mining at Ross Island in Killarney, Co Kerry, can be traced back to the Bronze Age, where several ancient metal finds from Killarney point to a significant Early Bronze Age settlement in the area. The Bronze Age Workings: The Bronze Age work camp at Ross Island provides an insight into daily…
Date: c. 1065 – 1095 Description: Hiberno-Norse coinage, silver penny, Phase V coinage – Crude bust right, derivative of Edward the Confessor small flan type. Toned good very fine (gVF) Extremely RARE Obverse: Crude bust right, derivative of Edward the Confessor Blundered and illegible legend around Reverse: Bow cross, large pellets in angles Blundered and illegible…
Date: c. 1130-1150 Description: Hiberno-Norse coinage, Phase VII, Class B silver penny. About as struck (aUnc) RARE in such a high grade Seaby: S.6193 Obverse: Voided Cross, with Pellets & Sceptres Country: Ireland Category: Hiberno-Norse Phase 7 Class B Hammered Further Reading: O’Brien Coin Guide: Anglo-Saxon Coins & Their Links to Ireland O’Brien Coin…
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