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Auction: 25021 - The Simpson Collection of Hiberno-Norse and Irish Coinage
Lot: 24

Hiberno-Norse (c. 1035-1060), Phase III, Penny, 'One Hand' Type, Dublin, in the style of an Æthelred II Long Cross Penny, stylised legend, draped bust left, pellet behind neck, rev. stylised legend, voided long cross, stylised hand in third quarter, 0.69g, 9h (SCBI 22 [Copenhagen] -; cf. SCBI 8 [British Museum], 131; SCBI 32 [Ulster Museum], 244-244a; S.6133), raggedness to edge between 8 and 1 o'clock, otherwise pleasantly toned with underlying colour in recesses, a uniform and bolder very fine, a very rare variety with only one hand on reverse

Provenance

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

With ticket

Only one Phase III example is listed in the British Museum with a single hand to the reverse (no. 131), which is struck from a different die to this example.

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Sold for
£270

Starting price
£250