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Auction: 25021 - The Simpson Collection of Hiberno-Norse and Irish Coinage
Lot: 29

IHiberno-Norse (c. 1060-1065), Phase IV, Penny, 'Scratched Die' Type, Dublin, in the style of an Edward the Confessor Facing Bust Penny, stylised legend, helmeted bust facing, with triple-stranded moustache, rev. stylised legend, voided long cross, scratched cross in first quarter, pellet in second, trio of pellets in third and crude stylised hand in fourth, 0.59g, 12h (SCBI 32 [Ulster Museum], 317; SCBI [British Museum], 151; SCBI 22 [Copenhagen], 247-252; Roth 166; O'Sullivan 47; S.6136), some ghosting to weakly struck portrait, nonetheless richly toned, on a full round flan of good metal, fine to very fine, rare

Provenance

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



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