Hiberno-Norse Phase III, Class D - Bust with Hand behind Head, Type 1 - Long Cross with two hands. Echmarcach mac Ragnaill. The Old Currency Exchange, Dublin, Ireland.

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…

Hiberno-Norse Phase III, Class E (Symbols on Neck), Type 2f - Pellet on Neck, Long Cross with two hands + one annulet. The Old Currency Exchange, Dublin, Ireland.

Irish Coin Daily: Hiberno-Norse Silver Penny, Phase III, Class E (Bust with Symbol), Type 2f – Plain Bust with Pellet. Long Cross with two hands and one annulet

Date: c. 1035-1060 Description: Hiberno-Norse coinage, silver penny, Phase III, Class E (Symbol on Bust), Type 2f – pellet on neck), two hands + annulet on reverse. 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…

Hiberno-Norse Phase III, Class E (Bust with Symbols), Type 2e - Pellet on Neck, Long Cross with two hands. The Old Currency Exchange, Dublin, Ireland.

Irish Coin Daily: Hiberno-Norse Silver Penny, Phase III, Class E (Bust with Symbol), Type 2e – Plain Bust with Pellet. Long Cross with two hands

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:…

Hiberno-Norse Phase III, Class E (Plain bust, symbol before face), Type 1a (Pellet within Annulet) Echmarcach mac Ragnaill. The Old Currency Exchange, Dublin, Ireland.

Irish Coin Daily: Hiberno-Norse Silver Penny, Phase III, Class E (Bust with Symbol), Type 1b – Pellet within Annulet before Face & 4 pellets below. Long Cross with two hands

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…

Hiberno-Norse silver penny, Phase III, Class E – Bust with Symbol(s), Type 1b - Quatrefoil on Neck, Long Cross with one hand, two pellets and S. The Old Currency Exchange, Dublin, Ireland.

Irish Coin Daily: Hiberno-Norse Silver Penny, Phase III, Class E (Bust with Symbol), Type 2c – Quatrefoil on Neck

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.…

Hiberno-Norse, Phase III, Class E silver penny (Plain bust with symbol - cross on neck). Two hands on reverse. The Old Currency Exchange, Dublin, Ireland.

Irish Coin Daily: Hiberno-Norse Silver Penny, Phase III, Class E (Bust with Symbol), Type 2a – Cross Pattée on Neck

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:…

Hiberno-Norse, Phase III Penny, Class A, Type 1a - Long Cross with two hands. The Old Currency Exchange, Dublin, Ireland.

Irish Coin Daily: Hiberno-Norse Silver Penny, Phase III, Class A (Plain Bust), Type 1a (2 Hands on Rev.)

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…

Harthacnut, Penny, 1.06g, Scandinavian imitation in the style of a Hiberno-Norse long cross, Lund mint, +hardÐa cvnvc, bare bust left to base of coin, rev. +Ðorcetl on lv, long cross, each limb ending in three semicircles, a pellet in centre (cf. S.6103), crude, peck marks to the reverse, very fine, extremely rare

Irish Coin Daily: Scandinavian Imitation of an Hiberno-Norse, Phase I, Class B (Long Cross) Penny – Harthacnut / Lund Mint

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…

Hiberno-Norse Phase 1, Class B – Long Cross type (OGSEN) +OGSEN HEA MELNEM. The Old Currency Exchange, Dublin, Ireland.

Irish Coin Daily: Hiberno-Norse Silver Penny, Phase I, Class B – Long Cross type (OGSEN)

Date: c. 1000-1010 Hiberno-Norse, Phase I Silver Penny in the name of ‘Ogsen’, Silver Penny in imitation of the English, Aethelred II Long Cross type. Blemish free and choice mint state / no peck marks Otherwise practically as struck Superb grey and gold tones Good extremely fine (gEF) Extremely rare References: O’Sullivan 11, S.6110. Obverse:…

Hiberno-Norse Silver Penny (Phase I, Class D – Small Cross Type) in the name of Sihtric / Moneyer IIDREMIN. The Old Currency Exchange, Dublin, Ireland.

Irish Coin Daily: Hiberno-Norse Silver Penny (Phase I, Class D – Small Cross Type) in the name of Sihtric / Moneyer IIDREMIN

Date: c. 1011-1016 Hiberno-Norse Silver Penny (Phase I, Class D – Small Cross Type) in the name of Sihtric / Moneyer IIDREMIN. Like all those of the Hiberno-Norse series, Phase I, this is an imitation of Ethelred II’s last small cross penny but is named for Sihtric Anlafsson, King of Dublin, with a Dublin mint…