Hiberno-Scandinavian period, Phase V, Penny, Dublin, in imitation of Æthelred II Long Cross/Cnut Short Cross coinage, draped bust left, pellet-in-annulet and two trefoils on neck, annulet and pelleted line behind head, rev. short voided cross, nothing in angles, blundered legends both sides, 0.65g/12h (cf. SCBI BM 175; SCBI Copenhagen –; SCBI Ulster –; O’Sullivan 26; cf. Roth 194 for rev.; S 6142; DF 28). Small edge chip, about very fine and excessively rare £1,200-£1,500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The ‘Good Money’ Collection of Irish Hammered Coins.

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MacDuinnsleibhe Collection, Bonhams Auction, 24 February 2004, lot 86 (withdrawn from the sale and sold by private treaty to the current vendor)