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Auction: 25021 - The Simpson Collection of Hiberno-Norse and Irish Coinage
Lot: 34

Hiberno-Norse (c. 1065-1100), Phase V, Penny, in the style of an Æthelred II Long Cross/Last Small Cross Penny, stylised legend, draped bust left, crozier before face, cross behind neck, rev. stylised legend, small cross, 0.86g (SCBI 22 [Copenhagen], 257 same obverse die; SCBI 32 [Ulster Museum] 326-329; SCBI 8 [British Museum] 205 same obverse die; S N Lane, Spink 23, 21 June 1983, -; S.6147), softly struck and doubled to obverse, otherwise lightly toned, strictly fine, extremely rare and a key issue linking Phase I and Phase VI

Provenance

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

With printed collector's tickets

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Sold for
£550

Starting price
£150