The ‘Good Money’ Collection of Irish Hammered Coins

Hiberno-Scandinavian period, Phase V, Penny, Dublin, in imitation of Æthelred II Long Cross/Edward the Confessor type xiii, very crude bust left, three pellets on neck, rev. cross with triple pellet finials, small cross pattée in centre, blundered legends both sides, 0.83g/12h (SCBI BM 219; cf. SCBI Copenhagen 260; SCBI Ulster –; O’Sullivan –; Roth 5; S 6149; DF 28). Very fine but very crudely struck, dark tone, 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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Provenance: Glendining Auction, 24 January 1996, lot 74; bt C.J. Denton