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Auction: 25021 - The Simpson Collection of Hiberno-Norse and Irish Coinage
Lot: 36

Hiberno-Norse (c. 1065-1100), Phase V, 'Facing Bust / Long Cross' Type, Penny, Dublin, stylised legend, crude bearded facing bust, annulet eyes and curvilinear mouth and moustache, rev. stylised legend, voided long cross, crude hand in first quarter, annulet-with-tail symbol in fourth, retrograde S with triple pellets in second and third, 0.62g [9.54gns] (SCBI 8 [British Museum] -; cf. SCBI 32 [Ulster Museum], 309; SCBI 22 [Copenhagen], 235; S.6176), chipped between 2 and 4 o'clock, and struck flat to peripheries, nonetheless of excellent fabric with pleasing detailing to beard and mouth, the dies unlisted across Syllogae of Coins of the British Isles, presumably extremely rare thus

Provenance

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

Seven examples listed by Gaister in SCBI 22 [Copenhagen] originated from a hoard of coins discovered in Northern Italy in the late 19th century and were later dispersed by the Frankfurt dealer Adolph Hess. For further information on the subject see, M. Dolley and S. N. Lane, "A Parcel of late Eleventh-Century Hiberno-Norse Coins Found in North Italy" BNJ XXXVII (1968).

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Sold for
£300

Starting price
£250