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№ 516 x

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27 September 2022

Hammer Price:
£1,200

Hiberno-Scandinavian period, Phase I, c. 995-1020, Sihtric, Penny, Dublin, Færemin, in imitation of Long Cross coinage, in the name of Æthelred, draped bust left, large annulet behind, edel re+ aigmeni, rev. fæmienh mo dyen, long voided cross, nothing in angles, 1.23g/6h (SCBI BM 33, same dies; SCBI Copenhagen –; cf. SCBI Ulster 28-9; Roth 24; S 6106; DF 11). Slightly creased, nearly extremely fine and very rare thus £1,500-£2,000

Provenance: Bt M. Rasmussen