British, Ancient and World Coins

Ireland, Hiberno-Scandinavian, Phase V, Penny, Facing Bust type, blundered legends, degraded facing bust with triple-stranded moustache, rev. voided long cross, hand in first quarter, s and two pellets in second and fourth quarters, e and pellet in third quarter, 0.51g (SCBI BM –; SCBI Ulster –; cf. DNW 130, 1176; S 6176; DF 29). Very fine and toned, rare
£1,200-£1,500

Provenance: Vecchi Auction 2, 12 September 1996, lot 1479; SNC Feburary 1997 (229); G.W. de Wit Collection, Part III, Künker Auction 137 (Osnabrück), 11 March 2008, lot 3311; J. Lasser Collection, CNG Triton XVIII (New York), 6 January 2015, lot 1765