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Auction: 25021 - The Simpson Collection of Hiberno-Norse and Irish Coinage
Lot: 7

Hiberno-Norse, Sitric II "Silkbeard" Olafsson (c. 995-1036), Phase II, Penny, c. 1020-1035, Dublin, Færemin, in the style of an Æthelred II Long Cross Penny, + SIHTRC RE DIFL, draped bust left, three pellets on neck, cross and two pellets to right, rev. + IEI REL FAE INO, voided long cross, single pellet in each quarter, 1.33g, 5h (SCBI 8 [British Museum] -; SCBI 22 [Copenhagen] -; cf. SCBI 32 [Ulster Museum] 52-53 same obverse die; DF 23; S.6125), lightly waterworn and scuffed to obverse legend, otherwise of good metal, darkly toned in recesses, very fine

Provenance

The John Noel Simpson Collection of English, Irish and Hiberno-Norse Coins

With printed collector's ticket

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Sold for
£420

Starting price
£250