Irish Coin Daily: Hiberno-Norse Silver Penny, Phase III, Class E (Bust with Symbols), Type 5a – Long Cross with three pellets and one hand (stigmata type)
Date: c. 1035-1060 Description: Hiberno-Norse coinage, silver penny, Phase III, Class E (Bust with Symbols), Type 5a – Pellet on Neck, plus three pellets behind Head; Rev. Long Cross, with three pellets + hand (stigmata) in the quadrants of the reverse cross. Badly blundered legends on both obverse and reverse – undecipherable. Obverse: Stylised bust…