The ‘Good Money’ Collection of Irish Hammered Coins

Hiberno-Scandinavian period, Phase II, Sihtric, Penny, Dublin, Ndremin, in imitation of Long Cross coinage, in the name of Sihtric, draped bust left, quatrefoil of pellets behind neck, three smaller pellets behind head, ihitrc ri+ dyfl, rev. ndremin no dyfl, long voided cross, pellets in angles, 1.29g/9h (cf. SCBI BM 71-2; SCBI Copenhagen 59-61; cf. SCBI Ulster 58; Roth 40; S 6122; DF 23). Good very fine or better, toned £800-£1,000

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

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Bt Baldwin 1998

It is uncertain which reverse readings represent a separate moneyer’s name and which are more or less blundered versions of Færemin