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…
Date: 1040-1046 ? Description: Harthacnut, Penny, 1.06g, Scandinavian imitation in the style of a Hiberno-Norse long cross, Lund mint. Peck marks to the reverse. A crude but recognisable imitation of an Hiberno-Norse, Phase 1, Class B penny (S.6103) itself imitating a penny of Harthacnut. Very fine (VF) Extremely rare Obverse: Bare bust left to base…
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…
Date: c. 1080 – 1085 Description: Hiberno-Norse coinage, silver penny mule, Phase V coinage. Diameter: 17mm Weight: c. 0.7g. Good very fine (gVF), with some surface cracks and flat areas Obverse: Crude bust left, trefoil of pellets to left (S.6139) Blundered and illegible legend around Reverse: Three birds around central pellet (S.6169) Blundered and illegible legend…
Introduction: In numismatic terms ‘unknown’ means that none have been found – therefore asking the question “did they ever exist?” There are many instances where we know of a king commanding that coinage be produced but none have been found. Ironically, when ‘one’ is found, we begin to ask another set of questions: Is it…
Date: c. 1020-1035 Hiberno-Norse Phase II Long Cross Penny, Sihtric of Dublin, with Dublin mint signature of Færemin (Moneyer of Dublin) – the most common moneyer of this phase. Weight: 1.37 g Diameter: 18mm Near Extremely Fine (nEF) A bold and attractive example of this variety References: SCBI Hiberno-Norse 64-66 var. (no pellets behind bust…
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