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Auction: 25021 - The Simpson Collection of Hiberno-Norse and Irish Coinage
Lot: 40

Hiberno-Norse (c. 1100-1110), Phase VI, Penny, Late Issue, 'Long Cross' Type, Dublin, in the style of an Æthelred II Long Cross Penny, stylised legend, draped bust left, crozier before, rev. stylised legend, voided long cross, sceptres and pellet in opposing quadrants, 0.48g (SCBI 8 [British Museum], 232-249; SCBI 32 [Ulster], 387 same obverse die; cf. Roth 177; DF 32; S.6187), ghosting through portrait, otherwise darkly toned, almost very fine

Provenance

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



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£170

Starting price
£150