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Auction: 15004 - Ancient, British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 480

Hiberno-Norse Vikings, Sihtric Caoch (921-927), Penny, 0.57g, Sword/hammer type, mint south of the Humber, probably Lincoln, moneyer possibly Are or new moneyer, [s]itr / [i]crex in two lines, divided by sword placed horizontally across field, pommel to the left, rev. +an[...] around Thor's hammer placed vertically across field, head at top (Blackburn SH-; N.536; S.1013), a fragment of c.40% remaining intact, the surviving fragment a superb grade and with lustre, extremely rare

Blackburn lists seven examples of the Sword Hammer (SH) type. This is likely the eighth known example of the type and may also represent a new moneyer. Out of the five moneyers currently recorded, three are known to have struck later coins at the Lincoln mint. This type is, therefore, given to this mint of the Five Boroughs

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