Date: c. 1035-1060 Description: Hiberno-Norse coinage, silver penny, Phase III, Class E (Plain bust with symbol – Pellet behind Head, Type 3b – Long Cross with two hands + one pellet on reverse. Badly blundered legends on both obverse and reverse – undecipherable. Obverse: Stylised bust of Ethelred II, imitating earlier Phase I types. Symbol…
Date: c. 1035-1060 Description: Hiberno-Norse penny, Phase III, Class E (Symbol above Head), Type 7 – Long Cross, with two hands. Echmarcach Mac Ragnaill. Badly blundered legends on both obverse and reverse – undecipherable. Obverse: Stylised bust of Ethelred II, imitating earlier Phase I types. Symbol above head – one large pellet. Legend: Badly blundered.…
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…
Date: c. 1035-1060 Description: Hiberno-Norse coinage, silver penny, Phase III, Class B (Hand in front of Face), Type 1b – Hiberno-Norse penny, Phase III, Class B (Hand in front of face), Type 1b – Long Cross, large Pellet + Stigmata Hand on reverse. Badly blundered legends on both obverse and reverse – undecipherable. Obverse: Stylised…
Date: c. 1035-1060 Description: Hiberno-Norse coinage, silver penny, Phase III, Class E (Bust with symbols). Type 2h – annulet on neck); Rev. Long Cross with two hands + two pellets. Badly blundered legends on both obverse and reverse – undecipherable. Obverse: Stylised bust of Ethelred II, imitating earlier Phase I types. Symbol on neck –…
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…
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:…
Date: c. 996-1001 Hiberno-Norse Phase I Silver Penny, Dublin mint, for Sihtric, King of Dublin with a Dublin mint signature (Moneyer: Reolece). An imitation of Aethelred II’s CRVX type. Weight: 1.59 g Diameter: 21 mm References: (DF 1; S 6100). Obverse legend blundered, otherwise an excellent example of this rare moneyer Good Very Fine (gVF)…
Date: c. 1011-1016 Description: Hiberno-Norse Silver Penny, Phase 1, Class D (Small Cross type). Struck for Sihtric (Silkenbeard) Anlafsson. Dublin mint, Moneyer: Faeremin (blundered: ‘Wæremin’) Diamter: 19 mm Weight: 1.24 g References: O’S 24 var. (moneyer); SCBI 8 (BM), 48 var. (same); SCBI 32 (Ulster), –; SCBC 6117 Good VF Small peck mark Very rare Obverse:…
Date: c. AD 900 – 1050 Description: Viking Gold Trade Ingot, 10th-11th century AD – a rectangular-section ingot of gold with irregular ends. Weight: 23.47 grams Length: 30mm (approx. 1 inch) Metal content Gold ~ approx. 67-69% Silver ~ approx. 29-31% Copper ~ approx. 2% Country: Ireland + Hiberno-Norse Northumbria Category: Viking Proto-Currency Gold Trading Ingot…
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