The ‘Good Money’ Collection of Irish Hammered Coins

Hiberno-Scandinavian period, Phase IV, Penny, Dublin, helmeted bust with triple-stranded moustache facing, rev. long voided cross, hand, three pellets, cross, two pellets in angles, blundered legends both sides, 0.67g/1h (SCBI BM 150ff; SCBI Copenhagen 247ff; SCBI Ulster 318; O’Sullivan 47; Roth 166; S 6136; DF 27). Rather weakly struck, very fine, rare £1,500-£2,000

Provenance: Noble Numismatics Auction 70 (Melbourne), 9-11 July 2002, lot 2146