Irish Coin Daily: Hiberno-Norse Silver Penny, Phase III, Class D (Bust with Hand behind Head), Type 1 – Long Cross with two hands
Date: c. 1035-1060 Description: Hiberno-Norse coinage, silver penny, Phase III, Class D (Bust with Hand behind Head), 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. Bust with Hand behind Head. Legend: Badly blundered. Reverse: Long…